Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130121
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '19 at 13:23
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Memory 49.7 1-Core 49.2 2-Core 61.4 35% 53.4 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 199 22% 176 Pts	64-Core 193 12% 193 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8569) 2GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.15 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	0.09% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 0.12 Parallax 0.12 0% 0.1 fps	MRender 0.24 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 0.17 0% 0.18 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 0.09% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GB 12,305 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 160 202 194 162 204 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 400 Write 263 Mixed 248 SusWrite 189 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 29.8 88% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 133 105% 147 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 105%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 431GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 112 112 116 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 115 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A 2x4GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 12.1 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 6.9 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 162 25% 162 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 43%

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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 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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	23x
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	51x

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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 $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