Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57.2% 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 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '21 at 03:04
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 141 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 391 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3870-X2 (Crossfire Disabled) 277 User benchmarks, average bench 7% AMD(1002 2542) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	6.43% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 2.6 6% 7.43 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 3.7 Splatting 10 6% 7.37 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.43% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ts480gss D220S 480GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: S050 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 358 364 361 341 352 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 356 Write 9.2 Mixed 325 SusWrite 353 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 24.3 4K Mixed 15.4 62% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 84.4 DQ Write 25.6 DQ Mixed 23.8 26% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 112%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 56GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 70 70 64 65 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 261 Write 70.4 Mixed 111 SusWrite 66.4 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 13.2 4K Mixed 16 60% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 20.1 15% 20.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 191GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 70 71 64 65 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 130 Write 127 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 66.4 74% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 222% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL8-2 Kingston 9905403-011.A F3-12800CL8-2 Kingston 9905403-011.A 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.9% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 17 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 49%

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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%

Destroyer

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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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