Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.5% 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)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '18 at 20:09
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 81 2-Core 161 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 501 51% 412 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gigabyte(1458 3542) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Lighting 37.1 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 50.1 30% 40.6 fps	MRender 47.9 Gravity 44.3 Splatting 35.3 34% 42.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 502 Write 453 Mixed 444 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 53.6 178% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 196 166% 242 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 929GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 198 202 201 174 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 132 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 190 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.5 435% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X2G1600C8D F3-12800CL9-4 CM3X2G1600C8D F3-12800CL9-4 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	215% Outstanding	MC Read 225 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 32.5 260% 91.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 215%

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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 $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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $392

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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