Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


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 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	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '17 at 00:30
Run Duration	331 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 122 60% 94.3 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 360 35% 287 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 67.3 55% 68 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 63 Splatting 55.8 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 158GB free Firmware: O0730A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 11 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 178 (A3) Unknown 100 100 42 (94) Unknown 100 100 14255 (95) Unknown 100 100 166 (96) Unknown 100 100 1 (97) Unknown 100 100 137 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8210 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 0 0 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 11 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2	47.4% Average	Read 362 Write 202 Mixed 181 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 9.47 66% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 46.7 DQ Mixed 10.9 16% 28.3 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 95%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4052 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 951 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8383620907	59.7% Above average	Read 343 Write 271 Mixed 265 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 17.6 93% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 38 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 17 22% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2614 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3143 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 875 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2597 (C2) HDA temperature 117 109 26 (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	88.1% Excellent	Read 203 Write 104 Mixed 117 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.18 87% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 835GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4658 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3862 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 938 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4631 (C2) HDA temperature 116 110 27 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 178 Mixed 106 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.26 118% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 13GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 127 Write 5.78 Mixed 12.1 38% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 9.84 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.05 40% 3.31 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600G 2O 2x8GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 12.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 48%

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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 $175Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $392

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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