Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	20.7% 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	53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	May 08 '19 at 11:36
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 45.1 2-Core 93.5 46% 71 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 212 25% 196 Pts	64-Core 258 16% 258 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2345) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 26.6 Parallax 29.3 20% 27 fps	MRender 24.2 Gravity 20 Splatting 31.5 21% 25.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 201 190 202 130 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 308 Write 272 Mixed 246 SusWrite 185 57% 253 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 26.8 87% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 41.1 36% 52.3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 512M6416V69AD 2x4GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.4% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 33%

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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 $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 $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16