Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% 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.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150206
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 18:14
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 82.8 2-Core 158 62% 106 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 487 47% 386 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 147 Parallax 119 104% 131 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 524GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 79 71 110 131 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 21.1 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 92.9 48% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.5 139% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 129GB free Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 117 119 115 115 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 103 Write 96.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 114 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 633GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 90 81 114 136 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 170 Write 154 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 101 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 107%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 4GB free Firmware: 80.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 75.9 Write 76.4 Mixed 53.7 51% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 57%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$52 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 64GB free Firmware: 00.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 82 84 81 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 92.4 Write 77.4 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 78.2 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C9D3/4 KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 85.3 47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 56%

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

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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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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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