Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.51% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130903
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 09:28
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 61.1 2-Core 105 53% 82.3 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 180 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Nvidia(10DE 058F) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.51% Terrible	Lighting 5.23 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 1.88 4% 5.15 fps	MRender 8.38 Gravity 3.97 Splatting 6.13 5% 6.16 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.51% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 173350689 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 10522669888898 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 127 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 76 1017912229920 (C2) HDA temperature 32 76 1017912229920 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 173350689 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 173350689 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 173350689 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23580 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11318 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11318 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7444	47% Average	Read 302 Write 154 Mixed 212 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 12.2 79% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 94 DQ Mixed 11.5 23% 43.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 87%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 169GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 170 6733 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4501 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2035 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 842 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 35 35 496767 (C2) HDA temperature 111 68 36 (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 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.8% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 93.1 Mixed 63.1 61% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	37% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 12.7 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 10.8 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 45%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 - $248

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	61x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	85x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	74x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16