Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.1% 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	61.3% 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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 08:01
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 64.9 2-Core 117 59% 91.4 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 326 33% 269 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 920 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Lighting 26.7 Reflection 28.5 Parallax 31.8 22% 29 fps	MRender 25.8 Gravity 21.3 Splatting 33.8 23% 26.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^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 3512 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 38 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 60 171799478307 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9341676909 (F7) Unknown 100 100 293307453 (F8) Unknown 100 100 96403157 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1260 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	61.3% Good	Read 436 Write 267 Mixed 284 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 19.1 77% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 35.7 42% 73.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 487GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205816168 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1325 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 347865304 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 554893342 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7818 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 42949672990 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -81776177296762 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39834066952 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27129385615	76.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 129 Mixed 134 101% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.4 103% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.6% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.6 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 127%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

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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Value: 80% - Excellent

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