Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


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 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 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 01:02
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 60.7 2-Core 111 54% 85 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 280 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 93.9 56% 76.4 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 65.4 Splatting 55.4 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6423074 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -114521007976487 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4127 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 272 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 62 34363801634 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6423074 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6423074 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6423074 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8662 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8253 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8253 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9875	45.3% Average	Read 304 Write 116 Mixed 194 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 11.3 81% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 93.7 DQ Mixed 10.5 23% 44.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 825GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9199840 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3906226 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2237 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3417 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 34848047133 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18838 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -50075023703378 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7610055984 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2980869012	92.2% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 160 Mixed 97.5 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.32 114% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11- Adata DDR3 1866 F3-17000CL11- Adata DDR3 1866 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.6% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 14 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.6 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 45%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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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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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