Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	46.8% 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	31.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130917
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 13:57
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 56.5 2-Core 117 57% 88.3 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 333 33% 272 Pts	64-Core 314 19% 314 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.8% Average	Lighting 56.8 Reflection 53.9 Parallax 71 46% 60.5 fps	MRender 53.5 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 69.6 48% 56.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 36804421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 20598663158502 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1599 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 108 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 42 38657458205 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 38657458205 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 36804421 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 36804421 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 36804421 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10820 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10133 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10133 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7255	31.9% Below average	Read 159 Write 91.2 Mixed 103 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 7.92 64% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 16.7 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 30.1 25% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 295GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 133 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1543 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 883 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1436 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 30 (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 35 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.2 Mixed 105 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.6 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $129Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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