Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 59.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.3% 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 14:35
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Memory 84.4 1-Core 50.1 2-Core 101 51% 78.6 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 202 27% 202 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E272) 2GB CLim: 1410 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	3.9% Terrible	Lighting 4.77 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 6.5 4% 5.2 fps	MRender 4.05 Gravity 4.43 Splatting 5.57 4% 4.68 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 3.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 100 95 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1243 (A6) Unknown 100 100 21 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 69 (A9) Unknown 100 100 34 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 63 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 193273528352 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11481 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6413 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5587	48.3% Average	Read 320 Write 221 Mixed 291 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 4.82 72% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 67.9 DQ Mixed 4.76 16% 33.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 310GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 13385616 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 65006963 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2079 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 894 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 47682093082 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1457 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25302 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 -140737488355302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 98 8143 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 5669356835504 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21482865449 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19292067200	91.1% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 157 Mixed 149 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 51734xxxx78x6 51734xxxx78x6 16GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.3% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.9 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns

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

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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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Total price: $391

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