Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	79.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '22 at 20:33
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing below expectations (20^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 way below expectations (19^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 75.4 1-Core 58.2 2-Core 112 51% 82 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 334 32% 262 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 111 Parallax 101 79% 103 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 98.7 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 64 64 63 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 301 Write 286 Mixed 287 SusWrite 65.7 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 31.5 105% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 75.4 DQ Mixed 47.8 39% 53 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 129%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA331 1TB 3,286 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 223GB free Firmware: JP4OA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 65 65 63 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 71 Write 81.7 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 66.4 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 106GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 35 20 27 52 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 51.9 Write 11.2 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 35.7 26% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 1,467 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 13.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 11.3 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 89.4 45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16