Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	44.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110605
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '17 at 19:02
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 86 1-Core 42.9 2-Core 62.8 46% 63.9 Pts	4-Core 133 8-Core 119 17% 126 Pts	64-Core 123 8% 123 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6700 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PwrHis(1787 2313) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.820.0.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	9.41% Terrible	Lighting 12 Reflection 9.65 Parallax 9.97 10% 10.5 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 8.53 Splatting 13 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.41% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 480GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 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 94 94 52232562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 -11433202917498 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2318 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 70 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 52232562 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 52232562 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 52232562 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 36259 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29801 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29801 (F2) Unknown 0 0 85553	44.7% Average	Read 325 Write 209 Mixed 229 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 11.5 60% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 21.6 DQ Mixed 11.2 12% 20.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 68%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 169 164 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15852 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4945 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 353 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 155077 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 34 (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 15	48.5% Average	Read 90.4 Write 79 Mixed 14.1 44% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.16 47% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 339GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 6141 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19626 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7691 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19626 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 36 (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	34.1% Below average	Read 50.8 Write 67.5 Mixed 23.7 35% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 30GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 76 178347669 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 53 3818976159986 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10306 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 40 673579048 (C2) HDA temperature 40 60 51539607592 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 49 148568393 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2108 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	24% Poor	Read 44.2 Write 39.1 Mixed 21 26% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.31 74% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.2% Poor	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 10.1 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 6.9 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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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 $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