Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.2% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 10:12
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 136 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 239 32% 236 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22FC) CLim: 1355 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.3 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 60.7 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 90.6 50% 71.6 fps	MRender 64.3 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 46.9 48% 60 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131132 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 185 185 225 227 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 371 Write 102 Mixed 257 SusWrite 200 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 27.2 92% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 75.6 DQ Mixed 36.6 32% 47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 97%
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 279GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 600 695 738 713 750 771 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 1,003 Write 302 Mixed 821 SusWrite 711 158% 709 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 45.3 149% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 324 236% 309 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 277%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 18 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.9 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 60%

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

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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 $75Bench 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 $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16