Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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-D3 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130903
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '18 at 05:55
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 83 1-Core 44.6 2-Core 88.8 48% 72.1 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 172 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 172 11% 172 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.8% Terrible	Lighting 2.37 Reflection 2.35 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.23 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2 2% 1.87 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.8% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 100 88 102 104 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 295 Write 324 Mixed 260 SusWrite 100 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 34.8 123% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 41.2 39% 58.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 97%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 939GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 98 95 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 100 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 96.7 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 58%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$93 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 923GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 89 105 106 107 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 102 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 328GB free Firmware: 1AG01119 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 72.8 Mixed 6.2 29% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 133% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 58%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 98 96 97 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 96.9 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 73%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$93 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 125 125 128 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 118 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 126 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 179% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1TB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 36 35 36 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 36 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 35.4 50% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 19%

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 (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 12.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 61%

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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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Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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