Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.4% 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)
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 21:04
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 434 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.7.2 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 42 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 31 34% 34.8 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 33.8 26% 31.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 406 Write 387 Mixed 351 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 41.9 144% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 207 168% 239 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 291GB free Firmware: MX4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 141 Write 140 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 128 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 526GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 151 154 154 154 156 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 144 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 155 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 - $248

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	88x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	61x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	85x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	73x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	50x

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Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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