Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.8% 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	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '17 at 07:32
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 130 61% 97.4 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 374 36% 298 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 38.9 38% 43 fps	MRender 40.8 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 35.4 31% 38.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st 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 31 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 55 193274642460 (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 1277618981 (F7) Unknown 100 100 39944016 (F8) Unknown 100 100 5980469 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1252 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	37% Below average	Read 290 Write 243 Mixed 166 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 8.97 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 6.35 30% 10.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 52.1 DQ Mixed 12.3 17% 29.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 95%
Seagate ST1000DX001-SSHD-8GB 1TB 7,180 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 527GB free Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87456944 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82923064 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 970 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 206 (C2) HDA temperature 25 46 77309411353 (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 12622908883930 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10807424723 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29700930864	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 178 Mixed 101 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.72 217% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 238GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 185 3683 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9232 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4283 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 600 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 102142 (C2) HDA temperature 120 93 23 (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	38.2% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 79.2 Mixed 19 37% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 52%
Generic USB CF Reader 16GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 17.4 Write 12.4 Mixed 12 17% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.89 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.96 122% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 13%
Generic USB SD Reader 16GB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 12GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	7.07% Terrible	Read 19 Write 11.1 Mixed 15.8 19% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.31 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.9 54% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.07% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 13.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	47x
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $72Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	60x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363