Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.1% 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	37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	22 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '18 at 18:03
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 61.6 2-Core 129 55% 90 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 257 28% 220 Pts	64-Core 253 16% 253 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Lighting 38.2 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 46.2 31% 39.6 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 31.9 Splatting 39 28% 33.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 18 19 19 18 19 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.7% Below average	Read 265 Write 27 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 18.8 20% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 26.3 77% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 29.3 DQ Mixed 40.3 28% 34.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 87%
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 102GB free Firmware: SAFM11.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 98 98 90 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 363 Write 151 Mixed 216 SusWrite 93.2 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 17 81% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 36.6 34% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 596GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 22 21 21 24 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 108 Write 118 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 22.7 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 68%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 682GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 90 98 98 90 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 97.8 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 93.9 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 780 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.3% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 11.2 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 96%

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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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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

Surfboard

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