Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	21.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '19 at 02:57
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 66.9 2-Core 134 60% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 386 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 85.8 56% 71.2 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 76.8 55% 66.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 463 Write 197 Mixed 246 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 15.6 102% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 29.8 49% 95.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 72%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 87GB free Firmware: 3.2. SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 321 312 232 120 351 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 477 Write 298 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 276 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 13.1 55% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 18.1 DQ Mixed 19 16% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 56%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 150GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 76 75 74 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 80.2 Write 80.2 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 75 55% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 76%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 132 134 138 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 140 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 134 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600EL Series Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A160 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.4% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 43%

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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	161x
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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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