Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22% 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	62.4% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 17:38
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$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 (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 64.7 2-Core 125 57% 91.5 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 285 32% 250 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2269) 1GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 26.5 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 31.7 22% 29.3 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 31.6 23% 27.2 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 249GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 129 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3473444 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 572 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 59 68 292059480105 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 42949672970 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 447 (EA) Unknown 100 100 750 (F1) Unknown 253 253 655 (F2) Unknown 253 253 486 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.5% Good	Read 388 Write 328 Mixed 275 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 16.4 68% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 90.8 DQ Mixed 42.7 52% 93.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 108%
Kingmax 120GB 120GB 2,908 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: M1024E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^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 100 100 367 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1482 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 803 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 27740 (C4) Reallocation count 101 101 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 101 (A3) Unknown 100 100 5 (A4) Unknown 100 100 50453 (A5) Unknown 100 100 106 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (F1) Unknown 100 100 66985 (F2) Unknown 100 100 82294 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100	62.4% Good	Read 508 Write 138 Mixed 220 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 26 90% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 52.9 61% 105 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 958 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 670 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 848 (C2) HDA temperature 104 100 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 163 Mixed 157 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.36 121% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.5% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 100%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	196x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	162x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 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 $36Bench 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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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $433

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16