Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 22:49
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 68.3 2-Core 131 61% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 299 33% 262 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2372) CLim: 1330 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 70.6 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 86.5 58% 75 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 55.4 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$44 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3526 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8604221629 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 43 244813135920 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 270584184895 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 666 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3552 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2192 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2449 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	40.8% Average	Read 397 Write 81.8 Mixed 215 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 2.14 64% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 91.3 DQ Mixed 2.32 18% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 76%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 387GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 186 6383 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9970 (05) Reallocated sector count 183 183 322 (07) Seek error rate 200 190 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2607 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 122539 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 37 (C4) Reallocation count 199 49 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 97 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 75 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 86	28.1% Poor	Read 88.1 Write 9.79 Mixed 14.4 27% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.19 44% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 57%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 109GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 134 134 21492662565 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2511 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1011 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2598 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2598 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 219044184102 (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 200 200 0	86.8% Excellent	Read 172 Write 131 Mixed 98.8 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.18 82% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	88x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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	22x
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	73x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	50x

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Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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