Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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. 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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '22 at 11:16
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	20%

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-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 56.1 2-Core 121 54% 86.3 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 371 35% 291 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3691) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 42.8 38% 45.5 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 37.4 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 210GB free Firmware: 03150010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 141 59 62 65 64 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 441 Write 317 Mixed 282 SusWrite 116 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 34.8 118% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 121 99% 141 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 71 69 56 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 85.3 Write 36.8 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 63.5 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 290GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 74 79 90 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 84.2 Write 92.6 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 80.8 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 9GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 8.3 7.8 11 7.6 9.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 33.4 Write 20.6 Mixed 22 SusWrite 9.6 26% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.8 188% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SUPERTALENT02 AU4G833-13GH9 SUPERTALENT02 Kingston 99P5458-011.A 16GB 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 16 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

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	161x
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 $37Bench 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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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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