Gigabyte GA-870A-USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-870A-USB3 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130626
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 17:00
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Memory 75.4 1-Core 38.4 2-Core 74.7 42% 62.8 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 177 20% 159 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 61%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 167GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 147 150 149 150 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 149 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim GD 1TB 545 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 94GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 29 Write 29.5 Mixed 27 SusWrite 29.2 21% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 64%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 27 32 37 40 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 90.3 Write 87 Mixed 59 SusWrite 37.3 51% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 280GB free Firmware: CV26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 131 107 131 125 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 118 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 124 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	27.2% Poor	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 10.1 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 6.9 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 89.6 45% 89.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 65%

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

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Typical GA-870A-USB3 Builds (Compare 64 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 13%

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Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-870A-USB3

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	16x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	8x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	4x
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	4x
HD 6850AMDBench 12%, 31,600 samples	4x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
SSD320 128GBTranscend $92Bench 46%, 1,687 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	18x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	15x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	6x

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Total price: $139

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