Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 56.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	56.1% 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '16 at 16:13
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Memory 80.2 1-Core 63.8 2-Core 116 54% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 190 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 2556) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 16.1 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 22.8 13% 18.7 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 19.1 14% 16.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 30492 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 30492 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1824 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22 (F1) Unknown 100 100 367 (F2) Unknown 100 100 402	56.1% Above average	Read 315 Write 284 Mixed 237 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 16.3 81% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 66.2 DQ Mixed 18.2 22% 38.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 104%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 320GB-$55 6,982 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 101GB free Firmware: PC3ZC70F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 83 (03) Spinup time 143 143 120259084290 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2267 (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 91 91 4188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2188 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 766574621 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 44945 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 201864445984 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	32.8% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 55.8 Mixed 18.5 32% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.33 72% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4032 (03) Spinup time 160 158 4983 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5738 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4848 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5738 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 37 (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	27.9% Poor	Read 46.1 Write 50.5 Mixed 33.4 32% 43.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.31 94% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 97%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

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 $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) $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