Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	47% 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	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 17:31
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 66.1 2-Core 128 58% 93.1 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 373 37% 300 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47% Average	Lighting 57.9 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 72.3 47% 64.8 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 54.3 Splatting 53.7 47% 57.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6449 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4975 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 0 64428310559 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 91 91 10 (EA) Unknown 100 100 135460 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12471 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20195 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 190924	56.7% Above average	Read 231 Write 352 Mixed 164 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 17.5 79% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 15.6 22% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 103%
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 6GB free Firmware: DL04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1640 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 76 76 720 (B2) Unknown 100 100 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7341790724 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6401027322	62.3% Good	Read 303 Write 349 Mixed 192 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 18.8 88% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 19.4 27% 47.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 104%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 77GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8136 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4549 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7934 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 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	68.4% Good	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 111 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.32 111% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x4GB 3,295 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.6 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 51%

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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 $175Bench 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 $37Bench 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: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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