Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20% 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	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 06:08
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 49.3 2-Core 93.7 52% 78.2 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 177 26% 190 Pts	64-Core 172 11% 172 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 29.1 20% 27 fps	MRender 23.8 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 27.7 20% 24.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 105GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 461 Write 130 Mixed 188 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 9.73 79% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 26.1 47% 93.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 472 Write 321 Mixed 330 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 21.1 103% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 86.8 DQ Mixed 41.3 49% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 766GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 121 Mixed 113 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.43 116% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 76%
WD My Book Elite 1TB 763 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 599GB free, PID 1111 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 30.8 Mixed 31.3 41% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 20%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 500GB 1,370 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 295GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 27.2 Write 27.7 Mixed 27.3 35% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.33 64% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 7,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 14.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.8 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 50%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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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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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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