Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	43.2% 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	65.5% 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

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130903
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 01:31
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 (98^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 135 61% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 407 42% 338 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.6% 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: 17.10.3 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	43.2% Average	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 56.7 Parallax 102 66% 79.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S280-240GB 240GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0414B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^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 1620 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 821 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 139 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 39372 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 250846 (F2) Unknown 100 100 333692 (F5) Unknown 100 100 157488	65.5% Good	Read 379 Write 337 Mixed 286 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 17.6 91% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 93.2 DQ Mixed 20.3 28% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 100%
JMicron 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free, PID 0561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 167 Write 147 Mixed 66.5 151% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.16 56% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%
JMicron 750GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 688GB free, PID 0561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.3% Below average	Read 94.6 Write 94.8 Mixed 68.1 108% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.42 70% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%

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 (65^th percentile)	45.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.6% 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 $47Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16