Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.9% 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	36.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '18 at 14:09
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 65.7 2-Core 128 58% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 284 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 282 17% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.9% Below average	Lighting 40.9 Reflection 44.6 Parallax 41.2 33% 42.2 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 37 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 176 182 138 140 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 340 Write 225 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 150 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 11.2 43% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 17.4 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 15.1 12% 16 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 256GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 116 118 114 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 116 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 109%
Toshiba Ext HDD 500GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 289GB free, PID b001 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 28.5 Mixed 20 SusWrite 28 36% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 44%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 320GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 51GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 31 31 30 31 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 29.5 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 31 39% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 46% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1339DS 1x8GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	28.3% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	196x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	162x
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 $38Bench 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: $392

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16