Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.7% 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	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 10:54
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 69.4 2-Core 120 60% 93.9 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 352 34% 279 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 37.2 Reflection 35.5 Parallax 31.9 30% 34.9 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 34 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 64GB 1,117 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6208 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1374 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 276 (A9) Unknown 100 100 53 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 172 (AE) Unknown 100 100 108 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 61 261994446879 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1353 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11236 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5662 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5890 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	44.8% Average	Read 350 Write 152 Mixed 209 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 10.3 68% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 62.4 DQ Mixed 10.3 17% 31.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 81%
Seagate ST2000DL 004 HD204UI 2TB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 335GB free Firmware: 1AQ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 64 10188 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5194 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4608 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1685 (B5) Unknown 100 100 796663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 206159085596 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 309 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 13 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5320	65.3% Good	Read 115 Write 113 Mixed 93.2 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.32 110% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 79%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 298GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 154 7183 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13309 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5059 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 437 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13266 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 33 (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 20 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.4% Average	Read 73.3 Write 74.2 Mixed 79.9 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS2G3D1609DS BLS4G3D1609DS BLS4G3D1609DS 10GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 800, 800 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.9% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 63 63% 63 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%

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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	162x
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 $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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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