Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.9% 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	49.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130125
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 18:24
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (46^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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 65.7 2-Core 125 59% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 288 32% 253 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 49.5 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 65.4 40% 49.2 fps	MRender 31.3 Gravity 48.1 Splatting 40.9 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6664501 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -140685948734490 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3265 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 306 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 42952491033 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6664501 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6664501 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6664501 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23148 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15710 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15710 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20912	49.8% Average	Read 331 Write 204 Mixed 206 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 11.7 75% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 79.5 DQ Mixed 12.4 21% 39 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 240GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 2425 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11590 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2439 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11959 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 25 (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	80.6% Excellent	Read 142 Write 139 Mixed 111 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.3 124% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 101GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 115 (03) Spinup time 116 116 38687146476 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5835 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1363 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5873 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5873 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 193274707998 (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	39.5% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 65.9 Mixed 38.9 44% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.29 94% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 63%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 80GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 139 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5394 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1494 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5199 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	62.5% Good	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 100 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.31 112% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 677 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.7% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 10.5 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 58%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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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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