Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '16 at 22:55
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62% Good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 49.4 2-Core 98.3 53% 79.5 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 194 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3757) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 26.2 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 22.4 21% 22.6 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 21 Splatting 19 18% 22.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 416 Write 393 Mixed 406 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 11.6 71% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 56.2 DQ Mixed 11.5 17% 30.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 113%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 117 Mixed 132 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 101%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 2TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 347GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 280 Write 196 Mixed 203 170% 227 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 3.72 4K Mixed 0.34 152% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 195%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 135GB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 48GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 183 Write 53.3 Mixed 21.6 80% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.54 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.22 14% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 43%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 4GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	9.56% Terrible	Read 30 Write 7.87 Mixed 10.1 16% 16 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.03 54% 4.46 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.56% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.7 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.3 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 51%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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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	162x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $38Bench 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: 80% - Very good

Total price: $392

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 $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