Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.1% 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	39.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 (20%). 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '19 at 21:06
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 85.9 1-Core 60.8 2-Core 98 54% 81.6 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 349 32% 265 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PNY(196E 11C0) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 34.9 28% 31.6 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 31.9 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 96 97 100 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 135 Write 115 Mixed 118 SusWrite 96.5 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 24 84% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 85 DQ Mixed 31.6 30% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 442GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 97 102 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 115 Write 102 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 101 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 68%
Mass Storage Device 160GB 951 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 67GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 5.1 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	6.76% Terrible	Read 29.8 Write 3.7 Mixed 8.6 SusWrite 5 12% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 32% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.76% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A133 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ CML8GX3M2A133 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.5% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns

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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%

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Workstation 15%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	196x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	162x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	47x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	41x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	29x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16