Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48% 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	43.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '19 at 17:34
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 135 62% 99.7 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 426 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48% Average	Lighting 58.9 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 56.2 48% 59.8 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 58.3 Splatting 51.2 48% 59.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Ct240bx5 0 240GB 1,468 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6C SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 97 57 74 57 38 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 434 Write 374 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 97.7 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 20 65% 16.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 855GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 187 185 188 188 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 143 Mixed 89 SusWrite 184 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 375GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 167 168 167 167 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 157 Mixed 118 SusWrite 164 113% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 108%

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 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 17.8 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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 $38Bench 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: $392

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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 $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 $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