Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	0.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1280 x 960 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '16 at 23:08
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 69.2 2-Core 129 58% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 376 38% 309 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT 231 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Device(0000 0000) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	1.17% Terrible	Lighting 2.17 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 0.5 2% 1.38 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.17% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 240GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -124622770134747 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 611 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 611 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 659622 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 659622 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1058467 (F9) Unknown 100 100 28326	50.1% Above average	Read 304 Write 198 Mixed 201 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 11.6 80% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 11.8 23% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 91%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 388GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 158 4883 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 12 12 64315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1079 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 781 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11171 (C2) HDA temperature 115 83 32 (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 24 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.8% Average	Read 83 Write 76.6 Mixed 77 59% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 188GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84374760 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13422 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6524279 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 555221020 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43627 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 90194313244 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 81028853007467 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13900292731 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20199988468	73.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 120 Mixed 115 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 52GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162132544 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14916 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 30078902579 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 388 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 588840989 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51398 (C2) HDA temperature 29 53 90194313245 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -17416092383473 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22731410177 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39972891564	69.4% Good	Read 138 Write 104 Mixed 78.4 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.24 68% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 17GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 13644088 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31843772 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 477 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 71 44 103634501661 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 32 32 137902 (C2) HDA temperature 29 56 90194313245 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -56191057128490 (F1) Unknown 100 253 97100177063 (F2) Unknown 100 253 97836790552	83.6% Excellent	Read 175 Write 117 Mixed 86.5 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown OCZ3P1600LVAM 2x2GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 533 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.2% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 13.5 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 41%

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Gaming 20%

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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 $129Bench 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 $134	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