Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.2% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '16 at 19:56
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	64% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 141 59% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 435 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 25.1 Parallax 30.8 21% 27.3 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 26.5 23% 27.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7153173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -57861799411229 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 7 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 37 90196738080 (C2) HDA temperature 32 37 90196738080 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7153173 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7153173 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7153173 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 770 (EA) Unknown 0 0 519 (F1) Unknown 0 0 519 (F2) Unknown 0 0 357 (F4) Unknown 100 100 524290	57.2% Above average	Read 453 Write 212 Mixed 267 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 11 83% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 73.6 DQ Mixed 7.77 18% 35.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 929GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493842210 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 515 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3089 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3089 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 206159609890 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 18	69% Good	Read 119 Write 121 Mixed 137 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.19 83% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 108%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 210GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 32.6 Write 27.3 Mixed 17.7 31% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TD8G16C11-H11 2x8GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.7 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 8.6 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 61%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	197x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	161x
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	30x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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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