Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	41.3% 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	42.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 14:47
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 141 61% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 422 43% 348 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Lighting 53 Reflection 53.4 Parallax 62.7 43% 56.3 fps	MRender 52.9 Gravity 48 Splatting 40.3 38% 47 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 604 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1420 (AA) Unknown 100 100 126 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2424895 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4128805 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C2) HDA temperature 68 38 266289414176 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 816 (DA) Unknown 100 100 816 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4255 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4879 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2913 (F4) Unknown 100 100 37 (F5) Unknown 100 100 63 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1239760	42.8% Average	Read 322 Write 69.6 Mixed 210 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 11.6 81% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 11.5 20% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 947GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 63709184 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 737 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41132435 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 575 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 471138332 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27886 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 81604378652 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -55121610273833 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28298823133 (F2) Unknown 100 253 79099347778	84.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 143 Mixed 80.6 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.15 48% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 114%
Samsung M2 Portable 320GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 167GB free, PID 60b2 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 33.9 Write 31.1 Mixed 32.5 42% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.15 4K Mixed 0.08 8% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A 2x8GB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.2% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.7 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8.8 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 57%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

Surfboard

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 $80Bench 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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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 $45	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