Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.1% 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	38.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 03:22
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 83.5 1-Core 50.1 2-Core 107 51% 80.1 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 214 25% 192 Pts	64-Core 243 15% 243 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2827) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 39.4 Parallax 51.7 36% 44.9 fps	MRender 54.7 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 36.7 37% 47.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 304 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 608 (A5) Unknown 100 100 262039994979 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 541 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 61 261994446888 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2585603867226 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2057 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6247 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1928 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2415 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	38.1% Below average	Read 362 Write 117 Mixed 124 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 28.9 4K Mixed 6.84 54% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 20.4 DQ Write 32.6 DQ Mixed 6.8 11% 19.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: 12.01D04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 228 221 7566 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 111098 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 116 116 252200 (C2) HDA temperature 122 90 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (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	57.9% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 104 Mixed 25.6 55% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464877 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1504 (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 8867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1241 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1507 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1507 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 214749478946 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 182 Mixed 112 115% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.19 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 3,295 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 15.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.3 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 51%

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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	161x
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 $37Bench 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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Total price: $391

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