Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 14% 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 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	26.1% 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	63.2% 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	7.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110705
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '21 at 21:06
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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 Phenom II X6 1075T-$254 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 80.5 1-Core 49.7 2-Core 97.2 49% 75.8 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 263 27% 220 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85C7) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 38.9 Parallax 32.7 27% 34.8 fps	MRender 36.2 Gravity 33.8 Splatting 23.3 25% 31.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 93 99 107 94 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 235 Write 134 Mixed 196 SusWrite 98.7 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 37.3 136% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 121 95% 130 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 77GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 136 124 107 105 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 142 Write 143 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 121 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 112%
Maxone USB 3.0 250GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 14GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 28.3 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 27.7 20% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 52%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 799GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 26 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 25.3 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 26.8 35% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 101% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.2% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 7.4 22% 7.53 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 50%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 - $248

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16