Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 00:28
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 72.9 2-Core 145 65% 104 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 447 45% 366 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% PNY(196E 119F) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 73 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 71.9 60% 75.4 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 76 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct240bx3 0 240GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 104GB free Firmware: M2CR Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^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 31 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B4) Unknown 100 100 32 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 262278710 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2122989 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1591941	102% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 459 Mixed 478 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 41 138% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 111 121% 203 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^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 14843 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2451 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 150 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1075 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 47 227634053152 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16709666297 (F7) Unknown 100 100 525717955 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1957360975	97.6% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 458 Mixed 482 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 32.7 125% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 68.1 97% 182 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 113%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 86GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 155 5116 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6776 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4875 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6766 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 34 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	53.4% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 89.9 Mixed 95.9 71% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 62%
Hitachi HTS545016B9A300 160GB-$30 3,506 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 27GB free Firmware: PBBO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 736 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 47319 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 206159347740 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	28.2% Poor	Read 49.3 Write 48.9 Mixed 48 37% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.33 76% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 56%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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