Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.4% 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	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130903
Uptime	13.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 03:21
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 64.9 2-Core 119 55% 88.2 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 329 34% 272 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Lighting 71.9 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 62.9 59% 68.4 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 65.4 Splatting 56.6 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8033 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 651 (B1) Unknown 93 93 128 (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 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 133 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25127062569	57.9% Above average	Read 298 Write 301 Mixed 242 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 33 4K Mixed 19.2 85% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 59.9 DQ Mixed 18.8 22% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 115%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 39GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2898110 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 -63299227986288 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 912 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 273 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 60132818981 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2898110 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2898110 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2898110 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3155 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1694 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1694 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3522	44.7% Average	Read 290 Write 152 Mixed 178 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 11.6 73% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 11.9 23% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76320856 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 179 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18394971 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 184 (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 63 58 638910501 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 278 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 73014444069 (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 98457830296663 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9765859590 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18289881338	85.3% Excellent	Read 143 Write 155 Mixed 79.9 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 216GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 274 (03) Spinup time 141 137 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8965 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1293 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 471 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8493 (C2) HDA temperature 107 92 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	59.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 99.2 Mixed 26.9 57% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 143GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 131 4366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1952 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1068 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 76875 (C2) HDA temperature 114 108 29 (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	59.4% Above average	Read 111 Write 96 Mixed 76.3 70% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.17 91% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.3% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10.8 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 97%

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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 $47Bench 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	73x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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