Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '19 at 13:11
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 60.1 2-Core 127 56% 90.6 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 348 35% 286 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	3.54% Terrible	Lighting 4.37 Reflection 5 Parallax 3.5 4% 4.29 fps	MRender 6.05 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.04 4% 4.46 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.54% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 315 320 321 320 322 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 410 Write 299 Mixed 210 SusWrite 318 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 19.7 84% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 87.1 71% 105 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 852GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 120 115 117 117 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 115 66% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.7 224% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-001.A 2x2GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 49%

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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 20%

Surfboard

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	161x
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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Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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