AMD 970A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.03% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	AMD 970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 00:13
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 82.8 1-Core 49.6 2-Core 99.3 50% 77.2 Pts	4-Core 199 8-Core 199 27% 199 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 18,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% EVGA(3842 1302) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.03% Terrible	Lighting 1.07 Reflection 2.27 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.27 fps	MRender 2.62 Gravity 0.63 Splatting 1.7 1% 1.65 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 1.03% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 815GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 660 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 555 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 483 (C2) HDA temperature 124 106 19 (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	93.5% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 163 Mixed 156 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.33 133% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 40GB free Firmware: 4.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1402 (05) Reallocated sector count 49 49 2050 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 242916500 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12864 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1274 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 287 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 54 420741140 (C2) HDA temperature 20 46 68719476756 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 90 71 60251962 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	29.4% Poor	Read 51.3 Write 51.1 Mixed 49.8 38% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-048.A 9905402-544.A 99U5403-048.A 9905402-544.A 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.6% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.7 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 34%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical 970A-D3 Builds (Compare 49 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: AMD 970A-D3

CPU
FX-4130 Quad-CoreAMD $150Bench 52%, 8,564 samples	19x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	13x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	3x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	2x

SSD
BX500 960GBCrucial $54Bench 69%, 11,103 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	2x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	2x

RAM
M378B1G73QH0- 1x8GBSamsungBench 26%, 102 samples	10x
M378B1G73QH0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 86 samples	9x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples	2x

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Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $407

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