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-$140 12,043 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 (74^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 3,543 User benchmarks - Average bench 21% PwrHis(1787 2289) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (75^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: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$120 25,504 User benchmarks - Average bench 99% 103GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (37^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: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 123%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 5,327 User benchmarks - Average bench 67% 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 (84^th 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: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 86%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$93 19,572 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 (15^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: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 84%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$126 457 User benchmarks - Average bench 82% 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 (5^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: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A 4x4GB 11 User benchmarks - Average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd 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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Gaming 35%

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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 $80Bench 48%, 58,137 samples	890x
FX-8350AMD $119Bench 57%, 76,284 samples	612x
FX-8320AMD $104Bench 51%, 32,322 samples	403x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 41%, 90,112 samples	202x
GTX 970Nvidia $350Bench 64%, 198,763 samples	174x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 36%, 27,105 samples	152x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 47%, 85,069 samples	175x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 163,575 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $149Bench 96%, 92,372 samples	85x

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 1,292 samples	137x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 2,410 samples	99x
Vengeance DDR3 2x4GBCorsairBench 40%, 903 samples	83x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $427

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $297	Nvidia GTX 1070 $410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $220	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $265	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $149

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $724	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $152	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $56	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $141	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $20