Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.6% 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	54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '19 at 01:49
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 132 62% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 288 33% 256 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0460) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 33.9 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 42 28% 35.6 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 31 Splatting 38.6 28% 33.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax GXTA1C0240A 240GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 142 91 92 89 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 357 Write 330 Mixed 251 SusWrite 131 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 27.3 96% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 85.5 DQ Mixed 34.4 32% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 570GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 181 189 189 186 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 114 Mixed 73 SusWrite 180 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100 8,795 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 105GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 84 84 84 85 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 45.8 Write 21.5 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 83.9 34% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,425 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 50%

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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%

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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 $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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Total price: $392

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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