Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 14 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150206
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '22 at 20:56
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 83.7 1-Core 69.9 2-Core 118 57% 90.4 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 224 27% 209 Pts	64-Core 215 13% 215 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3729) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.9% Poor	Lighting 36.3 Reflection 40.4 Parallax 38.2 30% 38.3 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 27.1 28% 34.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 240GB 5,968 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW200713 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 110 89 107 125 137 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.9% Below average	Read 180 Write 183 Mixed 156 SusWrite 112 36% 158 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 10.2 69% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 61.9 DQ Mixed 14.5 20% 35.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 90%
NX-128 128GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 111GB free Firmware: H220303a SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 329 396 391 274 170 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 408 Mixed 451 SusWrite 316 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 40.7 139% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 304 221% 284 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 198%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SH564568FH8N0 SH564128FH8N6 Atermiter 9.A MMXIV 14GB 800, 800, 800, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.9% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 13.3 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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	74x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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Total price: $465

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Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16