Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.05% 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	36.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '17 at 00:59
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 56.9 2-Core 110 54% 84 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 282 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 277 17% 277 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E263) ≥ 4GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.05% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 8.69 Parallax 9.09 6% 8.37 fps	MRender 7.67 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 8.39 6% 7.46 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.05% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2458 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1928487436978 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 28 309237645360 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 23 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 987849949414 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1930 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6465 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3548 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3417 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	36.6% Below average	Read 362 Write 133 Mixed 110 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 1.13 47% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 34.2 DQ Mixed 1.94 9% 20.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 70%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 164 6408 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1414 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4383 (C2) HDA temperature 115 111 35 (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	88.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 161 Mixed 109 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.29 121% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.2% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.4 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 97%

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

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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 $175Bench 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 $80Bench 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: $392

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16