AMD 970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	AMD 970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 02:36
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (98^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 73.3 2-Core 131 62% 98.9 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 429 41% 338 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 113 Parallax 92.3 79% 101 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 102 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10567 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 462 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 54 (AE) Unknown 100 100 187 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 49 219044053031 (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 12 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25228703630 (F7) Unknown 100 100 793177197 (F8) Unknown 100 100 367165228 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1940 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	43.6% Average	Read 287 Write 224 Mixed 182 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 11.2 56% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 54.8 DQ Mixed 11.6 17% 29.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 99%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 55.3 Write 103 Mixed 80 110% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.18 43% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 42%
WDC WD10EADS-00L 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 687GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 89.5 Write 84.9 Mixed 63.2 99% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D169DS3 BLS4G3D1609DS BLS8G3D169DS3 BLS4G3D1609DS 24GB 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.8% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 10.7 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: AMD 970A-D3

CPU
FX-4130 Quad-CoreAMD $150Bench 52%, 8,564 samples	19x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	13x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	3x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	2x

SSD
BX500 960GBCrucial $54Bench 69%, 11,103 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	2x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	2x

RAM
M378B1G73QH0- 1x8GBSamsungBench 26%, 102 samples	10x
M378B1G73QH0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 86 samples	9x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples	2x

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Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $407

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