Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.4% 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	35.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 03:29
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 68.7 2-Core 125 59% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 284 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 286 18% 286 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 2454) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Lighting 34.2 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 30.2 28% 29.6 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 30.5 26% 32.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 1TB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 860GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 363 Write 307 Mixed 257 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 9.09 4K Mixed 0.46 7% 3.54 MB/s	DQ Read 4.43 DQ Write 6.88 DQ Mixed 1.01 2% 4.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 161%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 364GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 100 84836480 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1937 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2248599 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 588709923 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9846 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 94489280547 (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 81952270978460 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2576163398 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1224039010	91.9% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 161 Mixed 82.1 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 112%
ADATA HD710 500GB 341 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 196GB free, PID a15a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 64.8 Write 63.1 Mixed 55.7 78% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.17 46% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-461.A 2x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	41.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 13.7 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 43%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	162x
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 $38Bench 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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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