Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 52%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	52.1% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '16 at 21:45
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 77.1 1-Core 55.4 2-Core 96.3 49% 76.3 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 173 22% 164 Pts	64-Core 126 8% 126 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 58.5 54% 63.4 fps	MRender 69.5 Gravity 60.6 Splatting 52.2 49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 282 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 15 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 61 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 240190116	66.1% Good	Read 404 Write 331 Mixed 317 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 19.4 91% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 73.5 DQ Mixed 21.6 26% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 661GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210322208 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3307 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5490913 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 63 588906528 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20356 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 68719476768 (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 -122586956561650 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3555862413 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2808296104	81.5% Excellent	Read 166 Write 118 Mixed 141 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.3 95% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134751392 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 568 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 55 228224365011 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 495 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3882051133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 74 74 26 (BC) Unknown 100 99 98785755187 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 4934467619 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 317 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 114382 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 -140737488355293 (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	98.7% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 181 Mixed 147 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.32 88% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ- 2x4GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 55%

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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 $79Bench 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $392

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $31	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