Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.7% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '19 at 05:38
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 79.5 2-Core 148 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 423 43% 348 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 44.4 31% 38.5 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 31.1 Splatting 39 28% 33.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 489 Write 457 Mixed 371 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 50.5 167% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 49.1 73% 141 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 831GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 122 125 125 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 123 Mixed 87.9 SusWrite 124 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 108%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 16GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 9GB free, PID 006b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 11 11 9.6 9.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 52.5 Write 27.9 Mixed 9 SusWrite 10.4 28% 25 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M2A16 CMZ8GX3M1A160 CMZ16GX3M2A16 CMZ8GX3M1A160 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 50%

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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%

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Workstation 15%

Surfboard

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 $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