Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	22.3% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	93.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130524
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '16 at 14:30
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 12,774 User benchmarks, average bench 43% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	44.5% Average	SC Int 78.7 SC Float 47.7 SC Mixed 59.9 50% 62.1 Pts	QC Int 305 QC Float 186 QC Mixed 233 55% 241 Pts	MC Int 309 MC Float 163 MC Mixed 234 36% 236 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 4,603 User benchmarks, average bench 21% PwrHis(1787 2289) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 39.5 Parallax 83.1 26% 68.8 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 45 20% 45 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$158 42,794 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 103GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13618 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 315 (B1) Unknown 99 99 29 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15539036821	93.9% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 452 Mixed 487 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 36.9 126% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 82.5 84% 135 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 122%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 8,474 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5700 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 193 9166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 126 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 50268 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 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 0	79.7% Very good	Read 145 Write 133 Mixed 127 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.31 104% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 86%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$93 30,355 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 252 247 9375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 913 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 880 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 647114 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 33 (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	50.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 70 Mixed 107 72% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 83%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$145 996 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 580GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5700 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 200 8933 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3610 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 33 (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	58.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 97.9 Mixed 107 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A 4x4GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	34.4% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 12.6 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 84%

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

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 42%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $82

CPU
FX-6300AMD $73Bench 48%, 85,082 samples	1,041x
FX-8350AMD $102Bench 57%, 108,300 samples	819x
FX-8320AMD $106Bench 51%, 45,938 samples	496x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 40%, 123,465 samples	240x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $300Bench 72%, 250,718 samples	240x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 247,983 samples	185x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 48%, 119,806 samples	170x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	149x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 95%, 184,154 samples	67x

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 42%, 1,844 samples	161x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 47%, 3,184 samples	104x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 42%, 2,953 samples	99x

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Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $158

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $195	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12