Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 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	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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 22:06
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 65 2-Core 121 57% 90.8 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 273 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2678) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 34.5 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 44.2 28% 37.6 fps	MRender 47.3 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 34.6 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 57GB free Firmware: 045C8610 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 17 18 19 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 201 Write 31.5 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 19.2 15% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 8.2 37% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 14.4 DQ Mixed 12.6 10% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 44%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 32 34 33 35 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 7.3 Mixed 17 SusWrite 31.7 17% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 36%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 497GB free Firmware: AX0P3D SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 21 17 18 19 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 97.3 Write 94.8 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 19.3 45% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 62%
Seagate ST325082 4AS Q 250GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 108GB free Firmware: 3.BQ SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 52 52 53 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 51.3 Write 42.8 Mixed 37 SusWrite 52.4 34% 45.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 131% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 30%
Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02 500GB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 179GB free Firmware: PB4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 70 68 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 77 Write 74.3 Mixed 39 SusWrite 69.4 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 46%
ST350063 0AS 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 299GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 31 31 31 31 31 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 27.2 Write 30.5 Mixed 26 SusWrite 31.1 40% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A16 CMZ16GX3M2A16 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.9% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 47%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $76Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16