Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 50.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	44.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '16 at 17:39
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Quad-Core AMD Opteron 1381 13 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	50.5% Above average	Memory 80 1-Core 36.6 2-Core 72.2 43% 62.9 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 143 17% 133 Pts	64-Core 134 8% 134 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 2980) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.2% Average	Lighting 54.1 Reflection 50.9 Parallax 64.5 44% 56.5 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 48.9 Splatting 49.1 44% 55.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AST680S 240GB 320 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP110PD0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A3) Unknown 100 100 7 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1201687102	39.5% Below average	Read 269 Write 35.7 Mixed 173 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 9.48 86% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.4 DQ Write 83.5 DQ Mixed 14.6 22% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$32 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 834GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2222 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2022 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 263 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1958 (C2) HDA temperature 114 91 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 29 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3296 (F1) Unknown 200 200 33789196441 (F2) Unknown 200 200 37357627034	71.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 123 Mixed 70.1 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.38 116% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 669 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 40GB free, PID 2321 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 90.1 Write 90.6 Mixed 49.5 95% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.39 88% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.9% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.5 19% 6.73 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.33 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 50%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	89x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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	74x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16