Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.5% 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	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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 23:30
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 140 60% 98.3 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 430 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% MSI(1462 3050) 2GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Lighting 32 Reflection 29 Parallax 38.5 26% 33.2 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 26.8 Splatting 34.2 24% 29.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 629GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 75 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789464874 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 794 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 769 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 795 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 795 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 150324772895 (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 200 200 0	72.3% Very good	Read 118 Write 134 Mixed 105 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.15 78% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 236GB free Firmware: 40.00A40 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 158 156 3066 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7061 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2589 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7061 (C2) HDA temperature 117 93 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	60.1% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 86.3 74% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.47 126% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA2 Adata DDR3 1866 8GBH2X04F1AA2 Adata DDR3 1866 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.1% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 44%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 15%

Surfboard

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 $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