Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 15:20
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 66.5 2-Core 127 56% 91.5 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 330 35% 277 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 82.7 56% 72.8 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 55.4 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3052729 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -120843199840256 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 45 60132491291 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 60132491291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3052729 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3052729 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3052729 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294959355 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5046319	41.3% Average	Read 325 Write 192 Mixed 211 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 13.5 4K Mixed 10.7 53% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 18.2 DQ Mixed 9.79 10% 16.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 65%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 876GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214531624 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3113 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 151126280 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 905 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 447 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13210 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 60129542171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -76334453741407 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39362802437 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51184807896	97.2% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 169 Mixed 105 110% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 5.46 4K Mixed 0.72 220% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 112%
Intenso External USB 3.0 1.5TB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 751GB free, PID 0701 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 100 Write 128 Mixed 98.8 144% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C7 2x4GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.5% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 7.1 22% 7.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 56%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	941x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	61x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16