Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '20 at 04:25
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th 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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 65.1 1-Core 59.5 2-Core 120 49% 81.4 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 415 40% 329 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 166 Parallax 181 99% 156 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 162 Splatting 118 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 59 64 62 60 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 290 Write 350 Mixed 295 SusWrite 58.6 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 32.7 105% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 70.8 DQ Mixed 40.8 34% 47.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 115%
Intel SSDSA2MH160G1GC 160GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 15GB free Firmware: 045C8820 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 63 65 66 65 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 209 Write 69 Mixed 96 SusWrite 61.8 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 13.7 64% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 18 DQ Write 44.5 DQ Mixed 3.1 10% 21.9 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 41%
WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 120GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 288 77 78 76 78 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 259 Write 314 Mixed 277 SusWrite 144 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 32.6 122% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 38.5 DQ Write 79.1 DQ Mixed 38.2 35% 51.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 378GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 146 146 146 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 94.5 Write 82.3 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 145 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4 64C0MHHHJ-HS F3-12800CL9-4 64C0MHHHJ-HS 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.6 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 45%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 15%

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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 $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	29x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $433

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16