Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37.1% 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	41.2% 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 (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '17 at 20:51
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.7% Above average	Memory 84.2 1-Core 54.7 2-Core 87 50% 75.3 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 232 25% 197 Pts	64-Core 241 15% 241 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E349) CLim: 1216 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.1% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 63.4 35% 56.2 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 51 42% 50.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 35 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (64) Unknown 100 100 149856 (65) Unknown 100 100 79360 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 44 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1252 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 171799937056 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 257 (EA) Unknown 100 100 211 (F1) Unknown 100 100 239 (F2) Unknown 100 100 39 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	41.2% Average	Read 335 Write 197 Mixed 182 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 6.62 52% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 29.6 DQ Mixed 6.58 10% 19 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 88%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 299GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 198 173 1091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 207 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1941 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	63.2% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 75.4 73% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.25 102% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 65%
WD WD2000JD-00HBB0 200GB 2,211 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 102GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 116 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3948 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29744 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1907 (C2) HDA temperature 117 81 33 (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 200 253 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 58.7 Mixed 49.3 41% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 11.8 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 65%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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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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 $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