Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	46.7% 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	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130903
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 00:54
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 51.1 2-Core 102 50% 77.8 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 237 27% 209 Pts	64-Core 243 15% 243 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 1784) 3GB CLim: 1320 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Lighting 55.6 Reflection 51.8 Parallax 68.8 45% 58.8 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 51.6 49% 61.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1069 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (AA) Unknown 100 100 667 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589869 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 5 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1884	59.6% Above average	Read 373 Write 364 Mixed 306 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 11.2 69% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 13.8 22% 39.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 348GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 100311697 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3349 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16438062 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 137091061123381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 571998240 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5951 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 64424509472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -127204046404239 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6833321339 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3277272425 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	47.9% Average	Read 94.6 Write 72.4 Mixed 56.9 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 70%
WD WD800HLFS-75G6U0 80GB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 68GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 183 1833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 92 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2631 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2738 (C2) HDA temperature 104 88 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 51 51 35797 (F1) Unknown 200 200 93233837121 (F2) Unknown 200 200 253340033733	66.6% Good	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 110 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.51 146% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 68%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 421GB free, PID 0475 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 36.2 Mixed 35.1 47% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.38 52% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 15.1 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.4 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 115%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 - $248

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	61x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	85x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	73x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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Total price: $465

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