Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.6% 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	51.9% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	95.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 21:35
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 76.8 1-Core 57.8 2-Core 110 51% 81.5 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 268 31% 241 Pts	64-Core 282 18% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2441) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.1 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 16 16% 16.6 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 19.1 13% 14.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 55GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 3768417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 34411277989732 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1871 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3768417 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3768417 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3768417 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4222 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3874 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3874 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7122	51.5% Above average	Read 445 Write 78.9 Mixed 126 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 14.8 85% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 29.8 39% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 70%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7934 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1195 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12273416460	51.9% Above average	Read 275 Write 285 Mixed 231 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 15.7 73% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 52.9 DQ Mixed 17.3 19% 31.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 124%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 1 1 120604 (03) Spinup time 80 80 6810 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6387 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 2758 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 11345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2107 (0D) Soft read error rate 1 1 100879 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 126336 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 85 63 252248079 (C2) HDA temperature 80 61 336134164 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 308438 (C4) Reallocation count 34 34 2758 (C5) Current pending sector count 97 97 111 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 1582 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.2% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 106 Mixed 112 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 560GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222460976 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7818114 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7723 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1265 (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 73 59 453902363 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55286 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 60129542171 (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 -25052544233897 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5103599981 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26832781054	99.9% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 164 Mixed 164 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML8GX3M2A160 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CML8GX3M2A160 CMZ8GX3M2A160 16GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 50%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	196x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	161x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	117x

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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Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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