Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130121
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '21 at 01:08
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 60.1 2-Core 108 52% 82.2 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 189 22% 172 Pts	64-Core 203 12% 203 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E244) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 22.7 13% 17.7 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 16.8 Splatting 12.5 12% 14.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 14%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 817GB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 37 57 73 88 91 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 79.6 Write 91.9 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 65.3 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.3 105% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991770 Corsair CMX4GX3M1A133 991770 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.7% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 11.4 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.2 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 41%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	21.5"	1280 720	ZRN0302 ZORAN MATRIX

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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 $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