Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 960 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 12:37
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 84.9 1-Core 49.8 2-Core 99.2 51% 78 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 194 25% 191 Pts	64-Core 192 12% 192 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 2,598 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(107D 2A86) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	2.52% Terrible	Lighting 2.57 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 0.84 2% 2.97 fps	MRender 6.19 Gravity 1.93 Splatting 4.22 3% 4.11 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.52% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10278807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 95047626261541 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 840 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 36 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 44 73017327648 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 73017327648 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10278807 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10278807 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10278807 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 81604378624 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2893 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2556 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2556 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3271 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1835018	68.8% Good	Read 502 Write 232 Mixed 318 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 20 108% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 64.7 49% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 610GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 2408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 524 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1154 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 34 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 175 Mixed 166 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.36 147% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 852GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 77.1 119% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 65%

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

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 - $248

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	61x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	85x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	73x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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