Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '19 at 05:23
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 42.3 2-Core 80.5 46% 67.8 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 173 22% 164 Pts	64-Core 210 13% 210 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.1.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 61.6 0% 31.5 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 50.5 Splatting 40.9 34% 40.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 133GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 133 126 116 114 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 421 Write 319 Mixed 269 SusWrite 157 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 16.6 67% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 39.6 46% 79.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 97 87 68 87 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 108 Mixed 29 SusWrite 88.9 59% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 10.5 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 5.1 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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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