Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	47.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 14:51
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 134 62% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 297 34% 265 Pts	64-Core 308 19% 308 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% PNY(196E 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 59 Reflection 63 Parallax 56.7 48% 59.6 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 56.4 Splatting 50.8 47% 58.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525A SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 129 126 128 125 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 336 Write 146 Mixed 194 SusWrite 125 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 35.1 112% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 155 120% 165 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 73%
Kingdian S280 240GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 66GB free Firmware: Q052 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 300 291 292 292 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 372 Mixed 382 SusWrite 308 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 53.7 173% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 134 133% 214 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 911GB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 74 64 69 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 159 Write 163 Mixed 75 SusWrite 72.7 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 896GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 73 58 68 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 192 Write 190 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 71.4 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-151.A 4x2GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 18 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.4 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 49%

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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 $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 $124	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