Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110831
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '17 at 00:07
Run Duration	332 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 840-$150 5,147 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Memory 73.8 1-Core 43.9 2-Core 91.4 45% 69.7 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 174 24% 175 Pts	64-Core 171 11% 171 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% EVGA(3842 1311) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.94% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 1.23 Parallax 0.41 1% 0.88 fps	MRender 1.14 Gravity 1.3 Splatting 1.74 1% 1.39 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.94% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 970GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125520288 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5923 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3126336 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 63 537722905 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9780 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 55834574873 (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 13413182866217 (F1) Unknown 100 253 144429345419 (F2) Unknown 100 253 745584716	107% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 193 Mixed 167 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$33 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 72 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 67 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 32 (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	74.4% Very good	Read 153 Write 106 Mixed 118 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.27 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 108%
ST350083 0AS 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 333GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.3% Very poor	Read 29 Write 29.2 Mixed 12 28% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.38 56% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 15%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 32GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 20GB free, PID cb20 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	4.25% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 4.91 Mixed 6.86 10% 9.43 MB/s	4K Read 3.14 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.006 12% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.25% Great: 9%

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 below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 12.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 92.9 43% 92.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32% 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	74x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16