Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 58.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 12:31
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.1% Above average	Memory 84.9 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 95.2 50% 75.8 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 167 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 185 11% 185 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 18,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2060) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.59% Terrible	Lighting 0.63 Reflection 1.23 Parallax 0.41 0% 0.76 fps	MRender 1.48 Gravity 0.47 Splatting 0.78 1% 0.91 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.59% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Stec MACH8 IOPS 100GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 93GB free Firmware: 2103 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 100 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 37947 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (64) Unknown 98 98 954778400 (67) Unknown 99 99 1 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2049 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 71352 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 216 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2120350854	11.2% Very poor	Read 104 Write 90.9 Mixed 90.6 21% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.47 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 1.42 5% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 22%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 92 (03) Spinup time 102 102 17194615008 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3691 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9508 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3680 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3691 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3691 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 214749413413 (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 200 200 0	74% Very good	Read 120 Write 139 Mixed 108 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.15 66% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 82%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 168GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 9 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9208 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6989 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10032 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4901 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 79 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 52 206159413285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7444	76.6% Very good	Read 118 Write 149 Mixed 131 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.43 125% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair VS2GB1333D3 VS2GB1333D4 VS2GB1333D3 VS2GB1333D4 8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	34.8% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 13 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.3 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 51%

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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	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

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 $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 $40	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