Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.2% 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	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130903
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 05:22
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 85 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 110 58% 89.7 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 417 43% 347 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.2% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 56.7 Parallax 109 60% 79.6 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 74.2 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S280-240GB 240GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0414B SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 266 79 79 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 379 Write 328 Mixed 296 SusWrite 144 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 36.9 121% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 44.2 39% 55.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 100%
JMicron 750GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 508GB free, PID 0561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 71 72 69 69 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.4% Below average	Read 97.5 Write 102 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 69.3 112% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 78% 1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 39%
JMicron 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free, PID 0561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 72 72 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 143 Write 71.7 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 69.4 93% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 64% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 61%

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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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16