Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.26% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130121
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 00:47
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 80 1-Core 63.1 2-Core 146 58% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 438 44% 359 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	6.26% Terrible	Lighting 8.43 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 2.78 7% 6.52 fps	MRender 6.86 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 5.61 5% 6.29 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 161 158 160 164 162 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 378 Write 398 Mixed 341 SusWrite 160 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 43.8 144% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 43.4 DQ Write 85.1 DQ Mixed 55.2 44% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 382GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 105 106 107 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 106 Write 71.6 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 106 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC96 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 105 106 107 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 84.2 Write 57.3 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 106 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC96 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 172 172 175 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 87.9 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 174 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 159 161 164 162 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 118 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 162 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.5 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 71%

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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-D3 - $248

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	61x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	85x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	73x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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