Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8 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

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '15 at 18:55
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (45^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 61.1 2-Core 127 57% 91.5 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 288 33% 256 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 9.63 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 8.03 8% 9.63 fps	Splatting 0.13 0% 0.13 fps
Poor: 6% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 126 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2395 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2376 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 640 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1754 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 28 (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	73.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 116 Mixed 79.1 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 19GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 132 1316 (04) Start/Stop count 53 53 47390 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12280 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3661 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 810524 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 28 (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	32.1% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 56.9 Mixed 38.1 37% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.14 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 63%
Seagate ST9250827AS 250GB 3,473 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 8GB free Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 9315106095 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4734 (BB) vendor-specific 44 44 56 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 18120572960 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 5049 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 127406 (C2) HDA temperature 32 56 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 45 58175771 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	19.5% Very poor	Read 33.9 Write 34 Mixed 35.1 26% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.28 57% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,425 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 9.8 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 50%

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Gaming 21%

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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 $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