Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	91.2% 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	45.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '16 at 06:54
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 134 61% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 319 36% 279 Pts	64-Core 315 20% 315 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 94% 112 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st 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 100 100 136 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 355 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 32 (A3) Unknown 100 100 294 (94) Unknown 100 100 26662 (95) Unknown 100 100 381 (96) Unknown 100 100 201 (97) Unknown 100 100 360 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6822 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 174 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37538637086747 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 37167 (F2) Unknown 100 100 61716 (F5) Unknown 100 100 40292 (F6) Unknown 100 100 53324 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	45.4% Average	Read 329 Write 199 Mixed 175 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 10.3 64% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 41.1 DQ Mixed 11.5 16% 27.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 92%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 601GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 90 2588 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 346 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 261 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159478810 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 37 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9497	43% Average	Read 86.5 Write 63.1 Mixed 35.8 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.39 96% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 59%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 30.6 Write 29.3 Mixed 12.4 29% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.32 53% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x8GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 21 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 67%

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Gaming 20%

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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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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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16