Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.7% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 02:18
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 137 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 426 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.2.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 56.5 Parallax 107 64% 80.6 fps	MRender 58.1 Gravity 78.7 Splatting 73.8 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 93 84 85 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 364 Write 100 Mixed 156 SusWrite 87.8 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 19.4 79% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 39.2 DQ Mixed 71.8 67% 110 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 63%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 281GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 94 98 98 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 157 Write 152 Mixed 39 SusWrite 96.8 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 108%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 693GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 174 180 184 177 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 154 Mixed 40 SusWrite 180 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 165GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 48 49 50 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 47 Write 41.3 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 49.3 34% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 63%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 434GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 52 52 58 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 65 Write 63 Mixed 46 SusWrite 55.4 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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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 $175Bench 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 $37Bench 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: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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