Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	12.9 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	Oct 31 '20 at 23:09
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 127 60% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 411 40% 328 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 65.8 61% 72 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 72 Splatting 73.6 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 159 68 59 58 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44% Average	Read 226 Write 160 Mixed 186 SusWrite 103 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 20.9 89% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 49.4 DQ Mixed 27.4 24% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 87%
Intel SSDSA2MH160G1GC 160GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 149GB free Firmware: 045C8820 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 43 5.8 36 31 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 49 Write 66 Mixed 0.2 SusWrite 25.9 8% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 14.1 25% 6.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 41%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 19GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 305 Write 367 Mixed 310 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 38.2 124% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 73.2 DQ Mixed 47.2 38% 52.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 75 94 53 73 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 37 Write 40.7 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 69.8 34% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 161 68 59 59 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 179 Write 174 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 105 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.8% 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)	44.3% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 45%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $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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Total price: $392

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