Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130903
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '21 at 18:47
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 79.8 1-Core 49.4 2-Core 97.8 49% 75.7 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 168 21% 162 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375D) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 18 Parallax 18.4 15% 18.1 fps	MRender 15.8 Gravity 19.2 Splatting 16.9 14% 17.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 216 224 229 244 241 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 479 Write 415 Mixed 327 SusWrite 223 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 34.5 114% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 190 146% 201 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 139GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 321 326 337 364 363 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 1109 Write 736 Mixed 544 SusWrite 331 151% 680 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 43.9 155% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 263 201% 276 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 243%
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA1000CM10002 1TB 3,599 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 566GB free Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 218 219 224 152 155 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 472 Write 433 Mixed 370 SusWrite 193 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 33.3 114% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 189 151% 214 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 142GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 890 482 483 483 483 483 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 269GB free Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 227 228 234 246 246 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 467 Write 363 Mixed 276 SusWrite 230 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 33.2 103% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 204 160% 223 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 104%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2TB free Firmware: G009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 100 99 99 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 97.5 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 98.4 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.7% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 11.8 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.5 20% 6.97 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 115%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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