Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 17 '19 at 05:12
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th 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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 70.1 2-Core 134 59% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 390 38% 311 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 135 Parallax 124 98% 126 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 121 Splatting 99.6 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 202 119 99 78 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 439 Write 403 Mixed 350 SusWrite 152 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 47 150% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 247 186% 250 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 317 317 317 316 316 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 406 Mixed 370 SusWrite 322 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 45 152% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 257 192% 255 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 CML8GX3M2A160 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 14.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 49%

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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%

Destroyer

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 $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	48x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	41x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	29x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $433

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16