Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 08:31
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 59.6 2-Core 122 56% 89.5 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 283 32% 250 Pts	64-Core 282 17% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 054B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1187 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 29.4 Parallax 32 21% 28.9 fps	MRender 26.9 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 31 23% 27.2 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 196650000 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 954 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 221775153 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 956 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 588578851 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24112 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 64424509475 (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 119958436583782 (F1) Unknown 100 253 107615936717 (F2) Unknown 100 253 345956835528	90.6% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 176 Mixed 109 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.5 175% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 112%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.82% Terrible	Read 32.4 Write 10.1 Mixed 14.7 20% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.99 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 30% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.82% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X8GB1600C1 1x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.7 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 31%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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