Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.5% 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	25.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '21 at 15:31
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 150 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 444 43% 356 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Device(0000 0000) 3GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2297 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 74.1 Parallax 68.4 58% 71.2 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 75 Splatting 69.2 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$26 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 17 11 68 65 129 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.9% Poor	Read 203 Write 87.5 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 62.9 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 10.1 44% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 14.7 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 15 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 505GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 181 181 181 168 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 187 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 170 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$37 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 516GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 108 109 109 107 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 115 Write 104 Mixed 100 SusWrite 106 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Atermiter 9.A 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 52%

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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 $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	74x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16