Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '18 at 04:29
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 73.3 1-Core 46.2 2-Core 90.6 45% 70 Pts	4-Core 138 8-Core 213 22% 175 Pts	64-Core 222 14% 222 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 91.8 Reflection 104 Parallax 99.4 75% 98.4 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 120 92 94 92 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 402 Write 358 Mixed 315 SusWrite 121 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 43.5 139% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 250 184% 242 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 115%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 178 181 175 183 143 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.9% Below average	Read 213 Write 172 Mixed 151 SusWrite 167 40% 176 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 15.8 50% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 76.4 DQ Mixed 33 30% 45.2 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 133%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 222GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 106 106 106 97 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 20.2 Mixed 59 SusWrite 104 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 777GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 158 159 162 161 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 124 Write 97.7 Mixed 74 SusWrite 155 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SRT4G86U1-H9M 4x4GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	27.1% Poor	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 10.5 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 6.4 14% 5.03 GB/s	Latency 94 43% 94 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 52%

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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%

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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 $37Bench 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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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $391

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 $15	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) $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