Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 21:34
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 62.7 2-Core 122 58% 91.4 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 383 37% 303 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$391 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 160 Parallax 173 104% 153 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 148 Splatting 113 116% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,274 Write 2,806 Mixed 2,717 653% 2,932 MB/s	4K Read 206 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 130 543% 153 MB/s	DQ Read 509 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 439 325% 433 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS721075CLA332 750GB-$190 3,719 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 358GB free Firmware: JP3OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 120 124 125 125 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 118 Write 122 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 124 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 76%
Seagate ST500LM030-1RK17D 500GB 12,805 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 229GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 106 107 107 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 71.8 Write 90.6 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 105 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 176GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 160 163 163 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 146 Mixed 100 SusWrite 161 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AE34G1609U1 4x4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.6% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.6 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 50%

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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 $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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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