Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	23.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '16 at 14:35
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.1% Average	Memory 66.9 1-Core 22.6 2-Core 45.5 33% 45 Pts	4-Core 85.3 8-Core 145 14% 115 Pts	64-Core 139 9% 139 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.0 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.6% Poor	Lighting 26.6 Reflection 33 Parallax 45.3 22% 35 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 31 Splatting 38.3 27% 32.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 852GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 5900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 514 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 514 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 118144 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 31 (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	61.2% Good	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 108 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 84%
Wd2502abys-23b7a0 39M4511 42C0463IBM 250GB 472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 214GB free Firmware: 02.03B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 148 3508 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4931 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16292 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1482 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 534 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4930 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 31 (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	63.4% Good	Read 110 Write 111 Mixed 107 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.47 125% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 64%
Seagate ST3750640NS 43W7575 42D0003IBM 750GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 81GB free Firmware: 3.AEV Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 90 0 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5277 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 374509704 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1586 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 623050789 (C2) HDA temperature 37 55 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 86 51 218112489 (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	38.6% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 66 Mixed 62.4 49% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 40%
IBM GoVault 80GB 49GB free Firmware: 0043 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.9% Very poor	Read 24.2 Write 24 Mixed 23.9 18% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.26 58% 0.44 MB/s

Gbrl0031xveccm 43W7621 44E9152IBM 31GB 5GB free Firmware: 4.13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 0 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 73 73 0

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-040.A 9905403-559.A 64D0HHHJ-HS Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A160 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 667, 667, 667, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.6% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 6.9 17% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 45%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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