Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50.2% 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	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 21:29
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 70 2-Core 130 60% 96.5 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 387 37% 306 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.2% Above average	Lighting 61.7 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 64.9 50% 64.8 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 56.8 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19220715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16518444222940 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 696 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 40 54 73017983016 (C2) HDA temperature 40 54 73017983016 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19220715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19220715 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19220715 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 154618822657 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4947 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3610 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3610 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4595 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4456481	57.6% Above average	Read 447 Write 137 Mixed 165 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 12.7 91% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 97.6 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 11.1 38% 82.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 200GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 89 212830776 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6649 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 449812004 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5248 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 107 (BC) Unknown 100 96 17180132573 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 639172645 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 68719476773 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 36 212830776 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 54159537618115 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3633246042 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1140662684	69.3% Good	Read 127 Write 115 Mixed 110 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.46 90% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ 12GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 933, 800 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.3 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 48%

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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	161x
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 $37Bench 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% - Excellent

Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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