Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	15% 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	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 09:15
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Memory 77.4 1-Core 58 2-Core 104 51% 79.9 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 215 26% 198 Pts	64-Core 223 14% 223 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 84C2) 2GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Lighting 18.5 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 15.6 15% 16.2 fps	MRender 21.5 Gravity 17.9 Splatting 15.9 15% 18.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 50 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 481066799	64.4% Good	Read 502 Write 254 Mixed 320 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 14.6 88% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 46 41% 60.3 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 128%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 246GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 86 (03) Spinup time 190 186 3458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 535 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 959637 (C2) HDA temperature 103 99 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.7% Average	Read 73.3 Write 75.2 Mixed 71.9 55% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G16002 1x8GB 4,186 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 8.4 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 34%

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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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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