Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76% 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	71.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '19 at 17:29
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 69.2 2-Core 128 58% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 351 37% 298 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.3.2 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 174 66% 115 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 125 Splatting 129 96% 114 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 240GB 437 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 294 271 289 291 291 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 323 Write 346 Mixed 306 SusWrite 291 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 36.6 121% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 89.7 DQ Mixed 50 42% 59.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 113%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 1TB 3,447 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 619GB free Firmware: 0203 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 25 25 25 25 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 18.8 Write 18.5 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 24.5 16% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.2 116% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C11 4x4GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.8% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 15.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.3 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 91%

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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 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 $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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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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