Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	40.5% 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	51.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '20 at 23:18
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 137 61% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 364 37% 300 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.5% Average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 59 Parallax 72.5 37% 58.9 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 56.5 Splatting 58.9 48% 58.1 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 127 123 121 124 126 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 123 Write 200 Mixed 164 SusWrite 127 35% 154 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 27.9 99% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 152 124% 175 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 67%
WD Se 1TB (2013)-$18 2,236 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 187 189 189 191 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 178 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 188 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 263% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0- 1x8GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10.1 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 31%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 20%

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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 $90Bench 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	48x
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 $76Bench 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: $435

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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 $39	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