Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 62.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 00:40
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.2% Good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 142 59% 97.9 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 433 40% 337 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 67.5 63% 74 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 73.5 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 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 95 95 21247794 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 -124038655484397 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 37 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 52 77312819234 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 77312819234 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21247794 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21247794 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21247794 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 41148 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23506 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23506 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10174	53.1% Above average	Read 497 Write 175 Mixed 279 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 15.3 69% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 54.4 DQ Mixed 12.6 17% 30 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 94%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 67 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 133 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 72 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044773924 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 58 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 561 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 184GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2498 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 10042 (0A) Spinup retry count 149 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 378 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2734 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634446373 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 96 96 1682 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 205 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	63.9% Good	Read 98.8 Write 124 Mixed 37.6 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 110%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169896 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7189 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 223339479081 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	61.8% Good	Read 123 Write 92.2 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.22 95% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 108%
Generic- SD/MMC 32GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 1220 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 29.1 Mixed 25.8 37% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.07 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.74 156% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMY16GX3M2A18 Adata DDR3 1866 CMY16GX3M2A18 Adata DDR3 1866 32GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.5% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.6 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns

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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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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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