Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 60.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50.7% 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	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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 00:57
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 115 57% 89.3 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 238 28% 214 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.7% Above average	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 57.6 52% 61.5 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 53.2 48% 59.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FCCT256M4SSD1 256GB 628 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 11GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^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 16566 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 844 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 193 (B5) Unknown 100 100 717263011953 (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 93 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 110 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	49.5% Average	Read 353 Write 265 Mixed 248 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 4.17 61% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 89.7 DQ Mixed 5.35 19% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 481GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 965 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 933 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 34 (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	76.2% Very good	Read 118 Write 148 Mixed 132 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 109%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 34GB free Firmware: 20.06C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 181 22 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5101 (05) Reallocated sector count 187 187 97 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3103 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 35 (C4) Reallocation count 195 195 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	24.7% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 47.2 Mixed 21 26% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 35%
WDC WD25 00BUDT-63DPZY0 250GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 233GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.4% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 27 Mixed 6.12 24% 20.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.16 19% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D18ADS3 2x4GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 12 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 54%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	198x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	161x
FX-8320AMD $153Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	118x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	48x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	42x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	30x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 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	18x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 3,080 samples	11x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $477

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353