Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	24.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 10:58
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 86 1-Core 68.2 2-Core 126 58% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 385 37% 306 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 047E) 3GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 52.3 35% 42 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 38.9 30% 36.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th 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 100 100 763 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (64) Unknown 100 100 437360 (65) Unknown 100 100 80912 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 262 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 634 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 193274904607 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 769 (EA) Unknown 100 100 459 (F1) Unknown 100 100 638 (F2) Unknown 100 100 891 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	46.2% Average	Read 338 Write 199 Mixed 123 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 8.83 66% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 50.6 DQ Mixed 9.77 16% 29 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 82%
Patriot Inferno 60GB-$32 158 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 320A13F0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 4031165 (05) Reallocated sector count 87 87 1152 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 68728066682292 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3249 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 175 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 0 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 99 4031165 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 80 80 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6784 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7616 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7616 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14080	24.9% Poor	Read 116 Write 55.6 Mixed 74.1 18% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 5.83 55% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 44.3 DQ Mixed 7.79 12% 22.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 51%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 338GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 146 5441 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10966 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4599 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10966 (C2) HDA temperature 115 95 32 (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	50.5% Above average	Read 89 Write 86.6 Mixed 32.6 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.43 116% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 62%
WD WD8088AADS-00M2B0 809GB 695 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 107GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 110 100 7466 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8626 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4024 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 104 104 290433 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 32 (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	34.6% Below average	Read 61.8 Write 58.7 Mixed 42.1 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ CML8GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 667, 933, 667, 933 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.6 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 45%

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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	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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Total price: $392

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16