Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 22:37
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 63.8 2-Core 121 59% 92.2 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 396 38% 315 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Gigabyte(1458 362C) 3GB CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 90.5 60% 78.5 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 81.6 Splatting 54.4 57% 71.9 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 390 Write 264 Mixed 261 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 15.3 92% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 66.7 DQ Mixed 15.6 22% 38.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 697GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8150 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4500 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 78 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 60056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2297 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 44 521928735 (C2) HDA temperature 63 43 649162653733 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 33290 (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 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 99 98 528 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	45.3% Average	Read 78 Write 79.4 Mixed 78.1 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.41 116% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 60%
WD WD2500YS-01SHB1 251GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 234GB free Firmware: 20.06C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 58 (03) Spinup time 183 45 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11756 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 56242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3132 (C2) HDA temperature 109 90 41 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.3% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 61.2 Mixed 15.8 34% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.31 103% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 35%

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 (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.7% 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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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