Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	32.5% 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	54% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '17 at 14:46
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Memory 59.4 1-Core 56.2 2-Core 105 44% 73.6 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 192 24% 181 Pts	64-Core 206 13% 206 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 52.5 34% 41.7 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 37.1 29% 34.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 898 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (64) Unknown 100 100 1407632 (65) Unknown 100 100 305648 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 829 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 655 (B7) Unknown 98 98 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 100 257699151921 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 6 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2192 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1440 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1890 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2341 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 6	54% Above average	Read 457 Write 189 Mixed 212 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 9.23 65% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 74.3 DQ Mixed 7.11 36% 84.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 564GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 317 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 790 (C2) HDA temperature 102 85 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 132 Mixed 118 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.33 102% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 4,786 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	40.1% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 47%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $90Bench 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 $76Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $435

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