Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20130121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 06:44
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 66.3 2-Core 108 54% 84.7 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 252 28% 220 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5500 5,613 User benchmarks, average bench 3% PwrHis(1787 2314) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.100.0.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 4.23 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 3.91 4% 4.55 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 3.43 Splatting 5.22 4% 4.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 120GB 5,441 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM50.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 63 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (A2) Unknown 92 92 22 (AA) Unknown 100 100 226 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196619 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 33 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 417 (F2) Unknown 100 100 388	36.9% Below average	Read 232 Write 171 Mixed 207 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 5.71 54% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 58.6 DQ Mixed 5.06 14% 29 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 559GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 58827145 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3881 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 75843137 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1752 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 56 656212007 (C2) HDA temperature 39 44 98784247847 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 39 58827145 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -66829691118270 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2954224653 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3532371022	52% Above average	Read 94 Write 87 Mixed 30.2 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C 1x4GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.7 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 32%

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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