Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130125
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '23 at 20:16
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core 40 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 63.3 2-Core 115 52% 84.5 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 240 27% 214 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2127) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.58% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 1.6 Parallax 1.1 1% 1.13 fps	MRender 1.6 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 0.5 1% 0.8 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.58% Great: 1%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 120GB 5,433 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	Read 218 Write 270 Mixed 219 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 27.2 92% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 38.8 36% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 97%
USB DISK 2.0 32GB 273 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 25GB free, PID 5786 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 19 Write 0.2 Mixed 5.3 7% 8.17 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.3 16% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-174.A PSD38G16002 10GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 667, 800 MHz 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.2% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 6.8 19% 6.7 GB/s	Latency 90 44% 90 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 31%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 14: 0P 1R 1G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
14%	20%	41	37	30	60	21.5"	1920 1080	SAM087B SMT22A300

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Gaming 21%

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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 $90Bench 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	74x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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