Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 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 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.7% 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	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 05:43
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 74.2 2-Core 138 60% 98.3 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 435 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Lighting 31.1 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 37.1 25% 33.8 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 26.1 Splatting 38.9 27% 31.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 241 258 258 262 262 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 398 Write 262 Mixed 270 SusWrite 253 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 31.7 108% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 93.7 DQ Mixed 39.5 36% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 687GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 98 97 99 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 175 Write 166 Mixed 105 SusWrite 96.2 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 98 97 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 97 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 96.2 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 211 213 212 213 215 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.4% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 10.5 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 11.7 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 72%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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