Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	42.5% 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	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 03:04
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 144 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 437 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 8A92) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.5% Average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 80.2 38% 65.5 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 56.7 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600A SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 56 59 58 50 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 168 Write 79.5 Mixed 138 SusWrite 59.2 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 9 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 17.9 74% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 94.7 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 87.5 72% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 73%
PNY CS13 11 480GB SSD 221 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 25GB free Firmware: CS13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 351 177 98 39 178 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 444 Write 400 Mixed 333 SusWrite 204 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 25.5 94% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 178 157% 236 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 34GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 60 84 84 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 59.3 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 65.7 42% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 617GB free Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 161 164 164 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 167 Mixed 132 SusWrite 163 118% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F641GU67G1600 1x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	31.1% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 10 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 9.6 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 31%

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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 $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 $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

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