Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.1% 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)
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 (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '19 at 15:40
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 71.7 1-Core 53.5 2-Core 118 49% 81 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 329 37% 288 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 60.7 56% 65.4 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 54.1 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP M700 120GB 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0817B1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 416 Write 361 Mixed 344 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 23 103% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 41.4 73% 142 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 98%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 46GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 113 92 93 77 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 325 Write 300 Mixed 74 SusWrite 111 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 11.8 46% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 18.7 DQ Mixed 19.8 16% 23.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 56%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 441GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 112 111 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 112 71% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 61%
Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50 5,600 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 391GB free Firmware: GN003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 48 49 50 49 50 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 63.3 Write 66.3 Mixed 38 SusWrite 49.6 40% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 199GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 37 38 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 54.8 Write 70.5 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 37.3 37% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 598 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 7.5 23% 8.13 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.7 18% 6.33 GB/s	Latency 97.5 41% 97.5 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 55%

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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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Gaming 20%

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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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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