Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	72.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '16 at 05:40
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 85.1 1-Core 43.1 2-Core 97.3 49% 75.2 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 244 25% 204 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 34FC) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 13.7 12% 15.6 fps	MRender 21.7 Gravity 15.5 Splatting 17.9 15% 18.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Deva's SSD-E128i 128GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: KFS10010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 37 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 9793 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 884 (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 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20355 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19464 (F5) Unknown 100 100 39172	72.1% Very good	Read 395 Write 366 Mixed 333 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 20.9 108% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 64.8 DQ Mixed 21.1 24% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 116%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 901GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 121 101 6916 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3480 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3246 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25196 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.6% Good	Read 105 Write 113 Mixed 26.2 59% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.15 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	33.5% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 13 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9.7 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 65%

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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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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