Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 19:21
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 134 60% 97.2 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 308 34% 270 Pts	64-Core 309 19% 309 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 94 83% 102 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 99 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 50 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 66 146029871135 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 584559975 (F7) Unknown 100 100 18315853 (F8) Unknown 100 100 7308812 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1257 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	58.3% Above average	Read 441 Write 314 Mixed 322 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 11.8 67% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20 DQ Write 55 DQ Mixed 12.2 17% 29.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 754GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 37548840 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 879 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 265989368 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 811 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 13 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 454426650 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 893 (C2) HDA temperature 26 8 34359738394 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 37548840 (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 32676111194381 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42030516074 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48822133690	90.1% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 160 Mixed 147 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.28 89% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A186 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ CML8GX3M2A186 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 667, 933, 667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.1% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 14.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 12.5 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%

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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	944x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
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 $75Bench 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	62x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16