Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.7% 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	30.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130121
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '19 at 21:14
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 below expectations (10^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Memory 73.4 1-Core 47.7 2-Core 113 48% 78.1 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 243 28% 218 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Lighting 39.7 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 33.9 32% 33.7 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 37 Splatting 32.8 27% 33.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 2.1 28 18 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 290 Write 259 Mixed 212 SusWrite 51.2 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 14.6 48% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 26.9 DQ Mixed 18 15% 21.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 55%
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 120GB 5,441 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 106GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 56 48 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 279 Write 310 Mixed 252 SusWrite 47.6 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 23.9 89% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 79.7 DQ Mixed 36.5 34% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 82%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 30GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 2.7 29 20 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 91 Write 88 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 52.6 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 66GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 56 47 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 66 Write 69.7 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 47.5 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773SB0- Corsair CML16GX3M2A16 TEAMGROUP-UD3 Corsair CML16GX3M2A16 20GB 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.2% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.4 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns

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

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 - $248

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	61x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	85x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	73x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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