Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.92% 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	49% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 11:53
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 132 61% 97.5 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 289 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250E 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 7251) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	8.92% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 13.6 8% 12.4 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 9.07 Splatting 15.9 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.92% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 599 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 440 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 225 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393234 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2999	49% Average	Read 356 Write 251 Mixed 221 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 8.4 63% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 40.5 DQ Mixed 8.38 13% 23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 97%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 476GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 138 136 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1888 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1549 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48604 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 25 (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	67.3% Good	Read 113 Write 121 Mixed 118 89% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 4,786 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 47%

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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%

Destroyer

Workstation 15%

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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 $134	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) $39	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