Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 52.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	28.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	0.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130125
Uptime	12.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '20 at 15:08
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Memory 75.4 1-Core 43.4 2-Core 88.4 45% 69.1 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 177 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% AMD(1002 010A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.01% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 1.59 1% 1.43 fps	MRender 1.33 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.22 1% 1.13 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.01% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 67 60 42 32 59 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.1% Poor	Read 178 Write 74 Mixed 110 SusWrite 63.9 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 14.1 52% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 28.1 DQ Mixed 19.3 16% 21.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 509GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 112 113 113 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 181 Write 151 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 108 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 788GB free Firmware: JU000J SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 112 113 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 138 Mixed 20 SusWrite 108 72% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (90^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.1% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 11.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 8.3 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 89.5 45% 89.5 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 44%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16