Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% 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 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	1.12% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.6% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 01:40
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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 FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 124 59% 93.7 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 212 28% 208 Pts	64-Core 211 13% 211 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 304A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.12% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 1.62 1% 1.59 fps	MRender 1.67 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.37 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.12% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Acsc2m12 8S25 128GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: P072 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (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 100 100 257 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 664 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 62 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 56208 (A5) Unknown 100 100 72 (A6) Unknown 100 100 25 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 99 99 99 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 271 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (F1) Unknown 100 100 103035 (F2) Unknown 100 100 165779 (F5) Unknown 100 100 162408	47.6% Average	Read 382 Write 152 Mixed 219 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 2.96 61% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 19.5 49% 103 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 48%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 276GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 138 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5024 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3454 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4831 (C2) HDA temperature 108 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	59.5% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 110 Mixed 33 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.42 99% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 69%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 291GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 125 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 53 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 53 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 34 (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	55.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 88.1 Mixed 86.6 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.44 106% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x2GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 15.7 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 51%

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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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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) $31	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