Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.3% 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	37.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 02:41
Run Duration	384 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 134 62% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 438 40% 338 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 34.4 Parallax 57 39% 46.3 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 40 Splatting 41.8 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk U110 128GB-$69 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: U221000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14893 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1704 (A5) Unknown 100 100 664790 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 171 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 79 21 188995010581 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 570 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1644 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27213191767 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27909439595	37.2% Below average	Read 367 Write 195 Mixed 37.3 43% 200 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 9.75 4K Mixed 6.33 34% 9.94 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 12.1 DQ Mixed 7.65 8% 12.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 51%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 606GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 131087 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21494300955 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9150 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 2005 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1706 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9152 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 184684052507 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 2940 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 49% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.5 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 14.8 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 50%

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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 $175Bench 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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Total price: $392

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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