Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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	25.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 16:33
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 135 61% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 273 32% 246 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 1954) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.2% Poor	Lighting 30.8 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 27.8 25% 29.7 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 28.7 Splatting 28.9 25% 31.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 28%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 661GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 138 151 157 157 150 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 164 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 148 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL1 2x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	47% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 66%

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

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 15%

Surfboard

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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