Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 20:12
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 70.2 2-Core 131 60% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 385 39% 318 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 117 118 116 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 344 Write 380 Mixed 242 SusWrite 116 61% 270 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 30.7 107% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 36.1 36% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 98%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 113 119 120 117 120 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 111 Write 116 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 118 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 83%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1.5TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 28 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 27.8 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 28.6 38% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 57% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ KHX1866C10D3/ 20GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 933, 933, 933 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.8 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 12 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 45%

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Typical GA-970A-D3P Builds (Compare 636 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

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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Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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