Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '19 at 17:49
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 66.3 2-Core 124 59% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 360 34% 283 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 162 Parallax 169 102% 152 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 155 Splatting 114 120% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,028 Write 2,778 Mixed 2,589 624% 2,798 MB/s	4K Read 227 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 132 581% 162 MB/s	DQ Read 512 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 434 323% 432 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS721075CLA332 750GB-$190 3,719 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 358GB free Firmware: JP3OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 124 123 125 125 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 93.1 Write 119 Mixed 61 SusWrite 123 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 76%
Seagate ST500LM030-1RK17D 500GB 12,805 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 229GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 124 123 127 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 118 Write 77.8 Mixed 51 SusWrite 124 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 207% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 176GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 163 163 162 162 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 123 Write 125 Mixed 75 SusWrite 162 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AE34G1609U1 4x4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 50%

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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%

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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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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 $178	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