Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.5% 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	171% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 10:26
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 143 60% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 436 43% 353 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K5200 1,717 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Nvidia(10DE 1095) ≥ 4GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.16 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.5% Below average	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 40 Parallax 53.9 31% 44 fps	MRender 52.6 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 28.1 32% 41.1 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 632 876 890 913 908 899 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,158 Write 898 Mixed 930 SusWrite 853 216% 960 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 60.1 190% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 299 219% 288 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 333%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 119GB free Firmware: X211200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 23 16 18 18 18 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 367 Write 21.1 Mixed 37.4 SusWrite 19 24% 111 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 4.5 43% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 2x8GB 1,087 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.9 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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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Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16