Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37.7% 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	43.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150206
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 09:26
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 82.7 1-Core 56.9 2-Core 110 53% 83.1 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 220 26% 199 Pts	64-Core 223 14% 223 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7970-$435 6,727 User benchmarks, average bench 36% AMD(1002 3000) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 33.6 Parallax 60.7 40% 47.7 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 49.2 Splatting 41.4 34% 40.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7910 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 630 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2621525 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8943	43.5% Average	Read 499 Write 15.8 Mixed 468 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 11.7 67% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 11.4 24% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 109%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 72GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15328 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1434 (B1) Unknown 94 94 69 (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 56 47 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17266702737	70.1% Very good	Read 471 Write 318 Mixed 323 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 19 93% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 39.7 45% 76.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 55GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14074 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1347 (B1) Unknown 83 83 586 (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 57 50 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 85098342892	75.9% Very good	Read 486 Write 358 Mixed 451 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 21.2 97% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 18.4 43% 89.9 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 110%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 245GB free, PID a108 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 77.3 Write 75.7 Mixed 59.4 89% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.09 25% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,425 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 16 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 12.4 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 50%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 - $248

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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	74x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16