Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.7% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 21:41
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 277,845 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 79.4 2-Core 152 67% 108 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 600 55% 446 Pts	64-Core 602 40% 602 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$267 954,854 User benchmarks, average bench 57% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2189 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	0.5% Terrible	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 7.4 Parallax 57.2 6% 29.1 fps	MRender 0.6 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 191 0% 64 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 0.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1774 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1955 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 363 (B1) Unknown 0 0 28 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 925 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 105 (E7) Temperature 100 100 36 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9 (EA) Unknown 0 0 48 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6595 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7167	68.7% Good	Read 502 Write 294 Mixed 370 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 17.2 78% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 51.2 69% 127 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 97%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$48 64,262 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 852GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 77 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 92 (03) Spinup time 144 100 17198416114 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 100 28 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2167 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 81 5049077 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 538968096 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2467 (C2) HDA temperature 187 109 240518955040 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 138 Mixed 129 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 2x8GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18.1 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 53%

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

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $108

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 61%, 198,573 samples	492x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 66%, 277,845 samples	386x
FX-8320AMD $163Bench 63%, 92,289 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $267Bench 57%, 954,854 samples	101x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 52%, 601,776 samples	84x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 298,716 samples	79x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 63%, 211,047 samples	58x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $67Bench 55%, 234,654 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 655,223 samples	40x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 7,898 samples	56x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 42%, 2,755 samples	43x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 3,433 samples	40x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $493

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $199	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $260	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $510	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $548	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28