Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 61.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	51.6% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130125
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '19 at 15:02
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 63 2-Core 120 55% 87.7 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 294 34% 264 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3555) 2GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.41% Terrible	Lighting 10.5 Reflection 9.73 Parallax 12.2 9% 10.8 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 13.6 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.41% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 58 21 41 41 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 370 Write 358 Mixed 92.7 SusWrite 58.9 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 29.5 99% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 34.4 30% 44.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 82%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 86 50 63 54 67 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 167 Write 154 Mixed 86 SusWrite 77.1 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 551GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 87 89 88 88 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 98.9 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 86.7 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 412GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 65 70 63 60 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 54.4 Write 65 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 65.3 41% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 87 90 88 88 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 125 Write 125 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 86.7 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 70%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 123GB 2,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 79GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 58 37 49 70 36 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 82.6 Write 23.9 Mixed 30 SusWrite 52 56% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.8 54% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 39%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 5GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 38 39 33 33 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 83.9 Write 39.5 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 36 61% 50 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 77% 2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A 99U5474-028.A 99U5471-020.A 16GB 667, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.2 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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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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