Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '17 at 00:46
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 (94^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 72.9 2-Core 145 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 427 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% EVGA(3842 2639) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 347.52 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.74% Terrible	Lighting 4.6 Reflection 5.23 Parallax 3.75 4% 4.53 fps	MRender 5.62 Gravity 5 Splatting 3.48 4% 4.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.74% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1825 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 65 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 26500 (A5) Unknown 100 100 97 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 152096 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 308782 (F2) Unknown 100 100 944643 (F5) Unknown 100 100 424000
Poor: 67% Great: 108%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 21GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17074 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 975 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 33 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (B5) Unknown 100 100 37546716765039 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 94 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 14 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	42.7% Average	Read 487 Write 189 Mixed 279 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 7.74 4K Mixed 3.86 42% 11.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 72%
TOSHIBA TransMemory-Mx 32GB 613 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 19GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	8.01% Terrible	Read 31.9 Write 9.53 Mixed 13.1 19% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.67 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.03 20% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.01% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT 4x4GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 15%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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