Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	84.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130524
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 18:47
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 63.7 2-Core 118 55% 87.5 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 363 34% 284 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 92.5 Reflection 124 Parallax 147 75% 121 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 121 Splatting 97.6 102% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 112%
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2765) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.9% Poor	Lighting 30 Reflection 28 Parallax 36.8 24% 31.6 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 31.7 29% 35.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 297 238 227 233 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 375 Write 335 Mixed 286 SusWrite 256 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 26.4 89% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 198 147% 196 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 909GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 133 135 135 133 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 106 Mixed 40.9 SusWrite 135 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 114%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 529GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 67 68 68 67 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 71.1 Write 95.3 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 67.9 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 883 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 119 110 117 121 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 144 Write 98.1 Mixed 45.4 SusWrite 120 130% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 780 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.4 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 96%

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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%

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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 $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 $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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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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