Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.3% 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	54.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130903
Uptime	13.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 02:16
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.9% Above average	Memory 83.9 1-Core 44.9 2-Core 90.1 48% 73 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 234 25% 199 Pts	64-Core 243 15% 243 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% MSI(1462 2610) 1GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1075 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 9.75 9% 11.6 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 12 Splatting 15.7 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG2V Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 519 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1699 (AA) Unknown 95 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 64 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 100 68722425885 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 141423 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 31 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 95 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 141423 (F2) Unknown 100 100 65025 (F9) Unknown 100 100 19603	54.1% Above average	Read 479 Write 185 Mixed 255 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 37.2 4K Mixed 10.5 60% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 41 58% 107 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 460GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 125 125 25789595951 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2392 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1656 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2026 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2026 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 184684707871 (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	95.1% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 165 Mixed 154 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.15 75% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%
Mass Storage Device 8GB 289 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 125c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 4.65 Mixed 6.59 10% 9.64 MB/s	4K Read 1.67 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.15 12% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.9 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 61%

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

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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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Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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