Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '16 at 01:18
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 146 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 440 45% 364 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(1B0A 909D) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.82% Terrible	Lighting 2.37 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 2.06 2% 2.27 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2.17 2% 1.96 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.82% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 850GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^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 27 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 144 (A3) Unknown 100 100 55 (A4) Unknown 100 100 9197 (A5) Unknown 100 100 29 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 72301 (F2) Unknown 100 100 82713 (F5) Unknown 100 100 147152	66.7% Good	Read 407 Write 356 Mixed 260 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 14.9 89% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 16.6 24% 43.5 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 105%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8721 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 107 (B1) Unknown 98 98 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6129285941	61.6% Good	Read 371 Write 254 Mixed 187 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 17.9 98% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 17.1 24% 42.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3400832AS 400GB-$68 1,788 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 169GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 56 46 82439387 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 536502617 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 46 82439387 (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	36.9% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 64.3 Mixed 25.1 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.37 89% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Seri 2x4GB 395 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 51%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 64%

Destroyer

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	162x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $38Bench 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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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