Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 10:07
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 131 59% 95.4 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 395 39% 318 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 827C) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	4.47% Terrible	Lighting 5.7 Reflection 8.77 Parallax 1.94 5% 5.47 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 4.03 Splatting 4.43 4% 5.16 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.47% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8037058 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 120001386252635 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1544 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 172 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 38 42952163357 (C2) HDA temperature 29 38 42952163357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8037058 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8037058 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8037058 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294966688 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4699 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4699 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6146	41.4% Average	Read 305 Write 178 Mixed 197 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 8.07 54% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 10.8 23% 44.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 84%
OCZ CACHE-SYNAPSE 32GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 4GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 126512556672837 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1027 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 275 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2383 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3456 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3456 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3997	28.2% Poor	Read 155 Write 57.5 Mixed 104 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 8.46 58% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.8 DQ Write 61.3 DQ Mixed 9.25 16% 30.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 50%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 913GB free Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184104736 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1628 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3141488 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1016 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 84 8590131240 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538771488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1795 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 42949672992 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 183 92	83% Excellent	Read 155 Write 135 Mixed 75.6 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.17 69% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 45%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16