Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.7% 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	67.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 23:08
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 66.8 2-Core 106 56% 86.6 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 288 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 282 18% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6790 4,043 User benchmarks, average bench 11% PwrHis(1787 200F) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 13.2 12% 13.9 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 15.3 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 8836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1083 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 223 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1703998 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 297 (C2) HDA temperature 68 58 180390068256 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3344 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4388 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3562 (F4) Unknown 100 100 26 (F5) Unknown 100 100 62 (F6) Unknown 100 100 621776	67.5% Good	Read 386 Write 376 Mixed 254 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 12.4 92% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 96.2 DQ Mixed 14.6 25% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 83%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 5GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 21.7 Mixed 24.4 32% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.33 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.46 58% 2.75 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-1600 2x8GB 1,179 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 15.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 62%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $392

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