Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	28.2% 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	34.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 10:43
Run Duration	329 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core-$150 8,564 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 65.2 1-Core 63.6 2-Core 118 50% 82.1 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 176 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 167 10% 167 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C3) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 32 Parallax 32.7 29% 33.4 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 30.6 27% 32.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 17953467 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 75874892262829 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1668 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 460 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 73 60134326297 (C2) HDA temperature 25 73 60134326297 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17953467 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17953467 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17953467 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 87 87 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 40521 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17061 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17061 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7680	34.9% Below average	Read 178 Write 74.2 Mixed 113 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 12.8 71% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 10.7 20% 37.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 872GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2862 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1655 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2651 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 87 87 10077 (F1) Unknown 200 200 24777798947 (F2) Unknown 200 200 24167225667	97.2% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 178 Mixed 105 110% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.34 144% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 109%
SRT USB 8GB 364 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	5.91% Terrible	Read 25.4 Write 4.28 Mixed 7.32 12% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.38 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.91% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ Corsair CML8GX3M2A160 KHX1600C10D3/ Corsair CML8GX3M2A160 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 14.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.7 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 44%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

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 $75Bench 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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Total price: $392

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16