Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130903
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 00:17
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 67.8 2-Core 134 59% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 289 32% 254 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5670 18,196 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 0356) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 5% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 678GB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48538984 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1137 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40318992 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1141 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 35 65 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 504954910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1141 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 77309411358 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 135 Mixed 35.3 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 677GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85490712 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 954 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30601237 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 954 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 504954910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1584 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 77309411358 (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 121977071212981 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27755053936 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43365550754	70.9% Very good	Read 115 Write 132 Mixed 23 65% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.13 59% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 156GB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140036480 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4343418552 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1439 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 430 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 504954910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1441 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.4% Good	Read 78.9 Write 139 Mixed 60.3 69% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.17 45% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 96 784 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1832 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 452043632 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1841 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 42 42 58 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032845 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 521797663 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 33 784 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -108404974536617 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1433608116 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1493449360	66.1% Good	Read 117 Write 112 Mixed 15 59% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 6.31 4K Mixed 0.47 190% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 88%

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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.2 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 65%

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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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Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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