Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	51.3% 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	80.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 03:09
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 55 2-Core 104 51% 79.8 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 210 25% 192 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PNY(196E 11D8) 3GB; VCGGTX10603PB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.3% Above average	Lighting 62.5 Reflection 63 Parallax 55.7 51% 60.4 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 62 Splatting 61.3 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5843 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 142 (B1) Unknown 96 96 80 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 53 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33129858729	80.8% Excellent	Read 481 Write 378 Mixed 397 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 27.7 111% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 49.9 54% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 75GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70162104 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1324 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4792528747 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29372 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1313 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 63 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 571736097 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 73964 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 60129542177 (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 110131551425326 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56657957135 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74602096095	69.4% Good	Read 110 Write 132 Mixed 74.2 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3250620NS 250GB-$45 1,571 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 40GB free Firmware: 3.AEG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 91 205872138 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 835 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 429437478 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 38880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 861 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 45 689307687 (C2) HDA temperature 39 55 73014444071 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 58 76544027 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35.3% Below average	Read 69.3 Write 53.7 Mixed 52.5 44% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 44%
WD WD1200BEVS-60UST0 120GB 3,683 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 28GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 72 (03) Spinup time 158 157 1075 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4156 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3916 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 735 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 133 133 202845 (C2) HDA temperature 111 77 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	21.1% Poor	Read 35.7 Write 37.4 Mixed 33.4 27% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 29%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 56GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64689277 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2959 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 537479353 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 44079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2845 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 36 36 64 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032845 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 41 176615063582 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 243 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 5 5 190286 (C2) HDA temperature 30 59 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 37 64689277 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	35% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 60.7 Mixed 55.7 45% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.37 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 43%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 17GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 170 2466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 325 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3383 (C2) HDA temperature 109 93 34 (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	64.2% Good	Read 121 Write 103 Mixed 117 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.26 101% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 109%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 586 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 27GB free, PID 00ad, PNY 32 GB USB 3.0 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 121 Write 21.6 Mixed 31.7 55% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.27 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.89 79% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.9% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 12.5 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.5 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 107%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 15%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	196x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	161x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	116x

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 $37Bench 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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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $401

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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