Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.2% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '18 at 01:34
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 68.8 2-Core 130 57% 92.8 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 402 40% 325 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 95.3 Parallax 77.7 80% 90.2 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 91.6 74% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Lighting 18.2 Reflection 15 Parallax 15.5 15% 16.2 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 16.7 17% 21.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 107 105 103 105 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 376 Write 355 Mixed 306 SusWrite 105 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 37.1 121% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 51.6 43% 59.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 124%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC95 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 95 93 94 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 94 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 93.2 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 187% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 61%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 930GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 106 103 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 108 Write 54.7 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 105 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 59%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 95 93 94 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 134 Write 137 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 93.2 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 193% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A133 CMX4GX3M1A133 CMX8GX3M2A133 CMX4GX3M1A133 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 45%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	196x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	161x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	47x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	41x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	29x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples	20x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	17x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 3,080 samples	11x

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Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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