Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.9% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '17 at 09:27
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 128 59% 94.3 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 284 32% 248 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 600 15,964 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 0835) 1GB CLim: 640 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.21% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 3.53 3% 3.99 fps	MRender 5.33 Gravity 4.13 Splatting 2.83 3% 4.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.21% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK1T0MBF-1AN1ZABHA 1TB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 805GB free Firmware: M603 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3385 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 111670788097 (B7) Unknown 100 100 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 71 58 180390068253 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	58.9% Above average	Read 291 Write 354 Mixed 213 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 15.9 79% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 15.4 22% 40 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16291 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 96 96 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 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9442749079	75.9% Very good	Read 506 Write 385 Mixed 406 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 18.4 99% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 18.5 28% 51.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 115%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 932GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 166 5608 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5431 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41114 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 305 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 51747 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.5% Average	Read 91.6 Write 80.7 Mixed 83.7 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 722GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 182 5658 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6032 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29705 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 34 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 90.7 Mixed 107 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 83%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 2TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 383GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4653 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 31020 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.8% Good	Read 116 Write 123 Mixed 115 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 80%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 261GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 158 6883 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8638 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 53846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 874 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8637 (C2) HDA temperature 116 91 34 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.6% Below average	Read 80.4 Write 53.6 Mixed 83.4 55% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.3 95% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U7CFR8C 4x2GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.2% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 11.3 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 84%

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

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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 $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 $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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16