Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 05:29
Run Duration	349 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 86.7 1-Core 51.1 2-Core 91.7 51% 76.5 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 190 22% 173 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.1% Above average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 72 Parallax 72.5 51% 68.9 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 72 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 46532410 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 4 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 13228499289649 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2019 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 189 (B1) Unknown 0 0 93 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 54 1000730918948 (C2) HDA temperature 36 54 1000730918948 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 46532410 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 46532410 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 46532410 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29464 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23659 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23659 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14036	36% Below average	Read 165 Write 88.5 Mixed 101 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 11 69% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 94.2 DQ Write 84.3 DQ Mixed 25.8 37% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 241GB free Firmware: JPFOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 124 124 140 (03) Spinup time 135 135 12897353878 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6271 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4126 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6435 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 210454052902 (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 2820	49.4% Average	Read 73.7 Write 98.5 Mixed 110 72% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.36 82% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 50%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 174GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 169 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4580 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22722 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2197 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4362 (C2) HDA temperature 103 91 40 (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	63.1% Good	Read 103 Write 117 Mixed 108 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 109%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 0GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 245 178 2750 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4657 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30680 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3687 (BE) vendor-specific 33 6 67 (C2) HDA temperature 83 56 67 (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 17 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	22.3% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 41.5 Mixed 42.6 30% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.08 25% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 35%
Imation ImationFlashDriv 4GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 067d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.08% Terrible	Read 28.6 Write 5.03 Mixed 10.1 14% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.65 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.006 29% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.08% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 F3-12800CL9-4 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 16GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 49%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	196x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	162x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	47x
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 $80Bench 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: $392

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16