Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '18 at 00:39
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 69 2-Core 114 57% 89.3 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 316 35% 277 Pts	64-Core 303 19% 303 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 78 Parallax 67.7 66% 75.5 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 74.4 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 104 116 113 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 323 Write 210 Mixed 235 SusWrite 111 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 35.7 113% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 82.1 DQ Mixed 40.8 36% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 585GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 79.7 Write 49.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 19 34% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1TB free Firmware: CC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 102 108 107 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 104 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 295GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 10 10 10 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 82.5 Write 52 Mixed 44 SusWrite 10.3 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 113%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 871GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 11 10 10 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 81 Write 57.8 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 10.4 36% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 69%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 208GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 103 102 108 107 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 171 Write 176 Mixed 29 SusWrite 104 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 382GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 106 118 118 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 122 Write 124 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 114 68% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.5% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 107%

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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 $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