Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.6% 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	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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '23 at 00:08
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 43.1 2-Core 99.8 50% 76.5 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 249 28% 222 Pts	64-Core 260 16% 260 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% PowerColor(148C 2388) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.5.2 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 107 Parallax 154 82% 120 fps	MRender 89.8 Gravity 115 Splatting 74.7 75% 93.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 20GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 151 122 115 114 99 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50% Above average	Read 185 Write 177 Mixed 159 SusWrite 128 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 31.1 104% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 73.8 DQ Mixed 44.1 37% 51.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 108%
Toshiba MQ02ABF050H 500GB 1,432 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: HDF01D SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 48 49 63 78 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 78.2 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 59.3 43% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 50 52 64 78 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 180 Write 130 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 61.4 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C7 4x8GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 13.2 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 100%

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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%

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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	48x
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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16