Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.1% 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	47.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	9.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 19:07
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 81.9 2-Core 164 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 492 49% 398 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04B0) CLim: 1390 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Lighting 53.3 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 76.8 43% 67.4 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 57 48% 59.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0730A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1003 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1518 (A0) Unknown 100 100 3 (A1) Unknown 100 100 194 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (94) Unknown 100 100 275643 (95) Unknown 100 100 2687 (96) Unknown 100 100 2611 (97) Unknown 100 100 2676 (A4) Unknown 100 100 74946 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 0 0 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 25 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 341 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3	47.4% Average	Read 364 Write 207 Mixed 185 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 9.56 64% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 10.3 15% 28.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 92%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 170 166 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17827 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 85 85 15959 (C0) Power-off retract count 191 191 6945 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33362 (C2) HDA temperature 131 107 19 (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	53.6% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 96 Mixed 62.9 62% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.14 68% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 571GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77363672 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4892 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6662875 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10073 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2338 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 62 504496148 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 488 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45766 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 47244640276 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -110058536958447 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5574043798 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5195562377	83.9% Excellent	Read 148 Write 145 Mixed 58.1 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ BLS8G3D1609DS KHX1866C10D3/ BLS8G3D1609DS 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 933, 800, 933, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 51%

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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 $90Bench 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 $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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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