Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.4% 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	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

20 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '22 at 23:37
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 131 58% 94.8 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 263 31% 238 Pts	64-Core 263 16% 263 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.4% Poor	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 36 Parallax 42.5 30% 38.3 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 30.7 Splatting 24.5 23% 28.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 29%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 345 333 288 274 290 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 379 Write 356 Mixed 308 SusWrite 305 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 38.2 123% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 82.7 DQ Mixed 51.6 42% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-445.A Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 9905403-445.A Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.8% Average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 15.4 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 11.3 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 45%

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

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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