Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 18:43
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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, 4 threads Base clock 5 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 179 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 360 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341B) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 64.4 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 83.2 52% 72 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 58 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 293 272 289 286 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 465 Mixed 450 SusWrite 288 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 58.4 192% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 41.7 92% 191 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 128%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 475GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 172 172 172 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 140 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 172 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.9 482% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54% Above average	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 50%

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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%

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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	161x
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 $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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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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