Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	19.9% 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	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '20 at 19:00
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core-$81 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Memory 64.7 1-Core 42.5 2-Core 84.3 41% 63.8 Pts	4-Core 114 8-Core 130 16% 122 Pts	64-Core 134 8% 134 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 22.7 20% 22.3 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 25.2 Splatting 19.3 19% 24.2 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 160 76 80 70 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 382 Write 267 Mixed 283 SusWrite 102 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 25.5 96% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 52.5 87% 167 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 94%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 129GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 135 62 68 68 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 372 Write 315 Mixed 279 SusWrite 105 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 25.9 98% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 170 144% 211 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 616GB free Firmware: SM30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 98 99 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 93.6 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 98.6 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.6 320% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 10.1 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.6 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 50%

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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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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 $40	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