Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130125
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 22:35
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 139 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 429 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (69 fps cap detected)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 66.5 56% 68.3 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 68.1 56% 68 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10190 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2123 (B1) Unknown 97 97 34 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 162 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20231225895	72.9% Very good	Read 470 Write 316 Mixed 338 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 18.4 108% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 18.4 30% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 118%
WD WD6400AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 130GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 129 6258 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12254 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6757 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12140 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 35 (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	39.6% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 68 Mixed 48.6 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 48%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 33GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 76 (03) Spinup time 134 129 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11447 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7853 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 565 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11447 (C2) HDA temperature 108 86 35 (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 71 71 21798 (F1) Unknown 200 200 55854236260 (F2) Unknown 200 200 133392964903	44.7% Average	Read 76.1 Write 79.5 Mixed 77 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 99U5584-005.A 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.5 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 44%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 - $248

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	61x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	85x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	73x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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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 $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16