Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 12 '19 at 22:46
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 1045T-$165 5,709 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 78.2 1-Core 39.5 2-Core 76.6 44% 64.8 Pts	4-Core 128 8-Core 147 18% 138 Pts	64-Core 182 11% 182 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 2632) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	1.42% Terrible	Lighting 1.67 Reflection 2.54 Parallax 0.88 1% 1.69 fps	MRender 2.52 Gravity 1.23 Splatting 1.96 2% 1.9 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.42% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ5PA128HMCD-010DA 128GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM0701Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 144 131 160 169 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 122 Write 117 Mixed 104 SusWrite 151 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 25.2 4K Mixed 10.2 38% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 18 DQ Write 62.5 DQ Mixed 19.6 21% 33.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 47%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 982GB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 85 93 97 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 68.8 Write 82 Mixed 51.1 SusWrite 91.1 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 73%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 1.2 2 2.8 2.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7.5 Write 0.3 SusWrite 2.2 3% 3.33 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 9%

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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 10.9 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 6.6 16% 5.73 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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