Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.4% 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	52.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 12:46
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 137 62% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 291 33% 256 Pts	64-Core 295 18% 295 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841F) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	28.4% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 41 28% 35.8 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 27.5 29% 35.9 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^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 1475 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3021 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 103 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 150228 (A5) Unknown 100 100 189 (A6) Unknown 100 100 92 (A7) Unknown 100 100 145 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 18 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 291 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 359821 (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 8 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 334144 (F2) Unknown 100 100 462134 (F5) Unknown 100 100 600912	52.5% Above average	Read 368 Write 180 Mixed 239 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 15 82% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 92.1 DQ Mixed 13.2 24% 43.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 89%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 413GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10987 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9509 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 691 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10295 (C2) HDA temperature 103 91 40 (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	72.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 125 Mixed 114 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.31 99% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 94GB free Firmware: 2AAA 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 40 28 42893858 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 727620187 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 63630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11618 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 7990 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 57 47 723189803 (C2) HDA temperature 43 53 60129542187 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 42 224952336 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.2% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 64.4 Mixed 67.7 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 40%
WDC WD10 PURX-64E5EY0 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 658GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.8% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 29.7 Mixed 24.4 36% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-060.A 2x4GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 14.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 43%

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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	957x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	865x
FX-8320AMD $153Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	403x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	181x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	163x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	142x
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	150x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	69x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	63x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $234	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $390	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406