Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	45% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 15:59
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 255 3,508 User benchmarks, average bench 42% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Memory 81.9 1-Core 39.7 2-Core 26.5 39% 49.4 Pts	4-Core 58.6 8-Core 75 9% 66.8 Pts	64-Core 87.6 5% 87.6 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 8327) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Lighting 9.1 Reflection 7.85 Parallax 9.25 7% 8.73 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 7.17 7% 8.55 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 93 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (64) Unknown 100 100 213568 (65) Unknown 100 100 52368 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 125 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 620 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 201865363491 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 394 (EA) Unknown 100 100 303 (F1) Unknown 100 100 355 (F2) Unknown 100 100 529 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	45% Average	Read 455 Write 198 Mixed 184 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 5.54 34% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 5.51 32% 75.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 367GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192915006 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 399847058 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1976 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 51540394027 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 538705952 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 44 192915006 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -95146410487157 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3529069732 (F2) Unknown 100 253 234495462	55% Above average	Read 98 Write 93.6 Mixed 87.5 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.53 106% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 367GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 82 166706381 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7550 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 338108533 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3784 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2182 (BC) Unknown 100 97 17180131473 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 572391458 (C2) HDA temperature 34 54 81604378658 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 30 166706381 (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 53961969128992 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3192826479 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3471773400	53.5% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 88 Mixed 91.1 70% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.46 102% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	24% Poor	Read 128 Write 14.2 Mixed 18.4 46% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.47 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.04 38% 3.18 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A 8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 8.6 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 36%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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 $45	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