Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 17:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 104 54% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 432 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 379 23% 379 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$50 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 106 102 77 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 406 Write 341 Mixed 113 SusWrite 100 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 35.7 121% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 89.7 DQ Mixed 44.4 39% 55.9 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 105%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 558GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 106 97 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 80 SusWrite 104 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 168% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 85%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 424GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 133 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 123 Mixed 85 SusWrite 134 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	41.7% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 4.1 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 86.6 46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 - $248

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	61x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	85x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	73x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16