Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	26.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 01:05
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 83.6 1-Core 50.7 2-Core 98.2 50% 77.5 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 297 29% 239 Pts	64-Core 304 19% 304 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Asus(1043 841B) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.4% Poor	Lighting 31.1 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 37.8 25% 32.6 fps	MRender 41.9 Gravity 36 Splatting 28.9 28% 35.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 156 153 1959239 (03) Spinup time 219 209 9025 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11363 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 37225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6776 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2717 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11351 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 192 9 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 190 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 120 0	49.7% Average	Read 86.9 Write 86 Mixed 70.5 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.48 100% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 42GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 139 9200 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5912 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2516 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 545 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 117 117 249978 (C2) HDA temperature 117 93 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49% Average	Read 92 Write 78.8 Mixed 7.64 43% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 67%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 37GB free Firmware: CV26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99324928 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1611 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 30417424724 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 853 (BE) vendor-specific 70 37 32118270525470 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1645 (C2) HDA temperature 30 63 107374182430 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.8% Good	Read 116 Write 113 Mixed 26.2 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.19 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 119%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 37GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2277 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 997 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 391 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1885 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45% Average	Read 73 Write 83.6 Mixed 50 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-10-9 DDR3 CL9-10-9 DDR3 CL9-10-9 D3-1 CL9-10-9 D3-1 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.6% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.5 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 51%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	943x
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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Total price: $366

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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 $177	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