Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 47.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.72% 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	52.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 14:13
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 435-$160 1,878 User benchmarks, average bench 43% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Memory 74.1 1-Core 43.1 2-Core 84.7 44% 67.3 Pts	4-Core 128 8-Core 127 17% 128 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E104) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.850.0.0 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	9.72% Terrible	Lighting 12.9 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 8.22 10% 10.5 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 7.73 Splatting 12.7 8% 9.51 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.72% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9502915 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 89318139896204 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1576 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 35 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 89 103085047844 (C2) HDA temperature 36 89 103085047844 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9502915 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9502915 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9502915 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12714 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5893 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5893 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13819	52.7% Above average	Read 451 Write 172 Mixed 197 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 12.7 56% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 53.7 70% 127 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 87%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 63GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 155 5200 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4280 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19199 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3627 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4279 (C2) HDA temperature 109 90 38 (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	48.7% Average	Read 81.8 Write 87.8 Mixed 70.5 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.33 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 62%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 11GB free Firmware: GKAOA90A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 101 101 55879598770 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1889 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 45890 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1447 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2033 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2033 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 296353792039 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.7% Average	Read 70.6 Write 78.2 Mixed 26.3 43% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 46%
Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 16GB-$18 459 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID a205 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 43.6 Write 20.9 Mixed 21.2 32% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.91 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.34 49% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingmax FLFE85F-B8KL9 Kingmax FLFE85F-B8KL9 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.1% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 8.5 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 32%

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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 $129Bench 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 $38Bench 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: $392

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 $177	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