Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	19.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '18 at 12:26
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Memory 61.1 1-Core 42.6 2-Core 44.4 35% 49.4 Pts	4-Core 81.2 8-Core 119 12% 100 Pts	64-Core 125 8% 125 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% MSI(1462 8098) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 27.8 18% 26.8 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 19.6 Splatting 32.7 22% 26.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54261688 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30235386 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 598 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 21475164172 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39284 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 51539607588 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69110318772868 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37738323247 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52687075391	88.7% Excellent	Read 169 Write 141 Mixed 147 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.15 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 114%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 953GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 157 7066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 62 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 132 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	99.6% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 158 Mixed 131 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 648GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 205828005 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 40 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 137489564 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16179 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 532 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 165 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 606208035 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54620 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 55834574883 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 33934536619340 (F1) Unknown 100 253 91527101951 (F2) Unknown 100 253 218572810888	98.1% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 159 Mixed 159 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 626GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178630456 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 490 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38594234 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21488 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 51539607588 (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 747324318280 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56458361907 (F2) Unknown 100 253 122927640060	90.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 148 Mixed 143 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.17 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 114%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 415GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 165 6600 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 43 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 703 (C2) HDA temperature 117 114 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.4% Excellent	Read 152 Write 135 Mixed 124 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.24 102% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 100%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 334GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 191 190 21748 (03) Spinup time 178 173 8075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 754 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 26 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9296 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 345 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32970 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 35 (C4) Reallocation count 193 193 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 97 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 25 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 195 186 2219	63.4% Good	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 72.2 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.24 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1600KLH-8G 4x8GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	21.3% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 7.5 21% 7.23 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 5 16% 5.43 GB/s	Latency 124 32% 124 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 61%

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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	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 $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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16