Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	16.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	17.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '21 at 18:07
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri) 19,471 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Memory 60.7 1-Core 29.6 2-Core 85.9 37% 58.7 Pts	4-Core 74.3 8-Core 64.5 10% 69.4 Pts	64-Core 69.4 4% 69.4 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 18,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2402) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 0.3 Reflection 0.4 Parallax 0.1 0% 0.27 fps	Splatting 0.5 0% 0.5 fps
Poor: 0% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 9.5 5.8 6.4 6.9 8.8 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16.6% Very poor	Read 240 Write 54.2 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 7.9 21% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.6 23% 5.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 492GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 9.8 10 11 10 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 113 Write 3.8 Mixed 8.9 SusWrite 9.5 24% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 114%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 431GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 9.8 10 11 10 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 79.3 Write 13 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 9.5 22% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 74%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 497GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 11 11 10 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 87.3 Write 10.5 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 10.4 23% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 20GB 10,519 User benchmarks, average bench 39% null MHz 2048, 2048, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 11.1 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 54%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

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 $179	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