Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.5% 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)
Boot Drive	52% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '20 at 08:01
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 86 1-Core 75.8 2-Core 150 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 426 43% 351 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Lighting 75 Reflection 73.9 Parallax 65.7 61% 71.5 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 68.2 56% 68.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 60 64 65 61 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	52% Above average	Read 290 Write 358 Mixed 294 SusWrite 61.1 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 33.3 110% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 71.9 DQ Mixed 43.4 36% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 115%
Intel SSDSA2MH160G1GC 160GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 15GB free Firmware: 045C8820 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 65 65 62 63 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 202 Write 68.9 Mixed 96.6 SusWrite 62.2 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 4 46% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 4.8 DQ Write 1.7 DQ Mixed 15.2 8% 7.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 41%
WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 120GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 260 128 78 77 77 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 309 Write 338 Mixed 272 SusWrite 141 60% 265 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 33.5 126% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 38.5 DQ Write 79.2 DQ Mixed 39.1 35% 52.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 276GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 102 103 102 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69% Good	Read 138 Write 123 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 102 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4 64C0MHHHJ-HS F3-12800CL9-4 64C0MHHHJ-HS 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.3% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 45%

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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 $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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