Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.42% 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	24.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150206
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 18:26
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 141 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 436 44% 356 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 3693) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.42% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 6.35 Parallax 8.97 6% 7.34 fps	MRender 4.62 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 7.22 5% 6.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.42% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 90GB 1,142 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 18232538 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 22247930611481 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1591 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 889 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (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 18232538 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18232538 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18232538 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13291 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11122 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11122 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11054	24.6% Poor	Read 182 Write 84.9 Mixed 105 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 7.57 4K Write 11.9 4K Mixed 7.07 27% 8.84 MB/s	DQ Read 89.8 DQ Write 84.9 DQ Mixed 27.8 37% 67.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 55%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 554GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 918 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 895 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 790 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 29 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 163 Mixed 156 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.38 141% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML4GX3M1A160 CMZ8GX3M1A160 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 667, 667 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.7% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 63 63% 63 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 44%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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