Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '16 at 21:05
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 53.1 2-Core 129 54% 88.1 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 301 34% 266 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2441) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 19 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 16 16% 16.6 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 12.6 Splatting 19 12% 14.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
256GB-7mm 240GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0402C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 558 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 521 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 222 (A3) Unknown 100 100 5 (A4) Unknown 100 100 113972 (A5) Unknown 100 100 115 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 57 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 195276 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 195276 (F2) Unknown 100 100 211805	65.6% Good	Read 495 Write 349 Mixed 382 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 30.4 4K Mixed 16 71% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 34 DQ Mixed 16 26% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 293GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 110657456 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 94 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 324348 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 60 639893542 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 429 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 90194313254 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -108774341738405 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3317320909 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20614671	24.3% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 44.8 Mixed 38.2 31% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.18 53% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 77GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 140355760 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3898377 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34360262665 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 639893542 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5714 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 85899345958 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1398 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 19061064860567 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6105418304 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11429644430	93% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 150 Mixed 153 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 174 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1072 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5679 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 36 (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	76% Very good	Read 135 Write 129 Mixed 129 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 9GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182053312 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2027 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1181219 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 933 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 524298 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 47867756581 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10745 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 -140737488355291 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 27225797690616 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8252169829 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2736298343	89.1% Excellent	Read 143 Write 167 Mixed 134 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.24 67% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 14 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 72%

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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	74x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16