Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '20 at 00:21
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 128 61% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 218 29% 216 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 835D) 1GB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Lighting 14.4 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 12.9 12% 14.7 fps	MRender 20.4 Gravity 14.5 Splatting 16.9 14% 17.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 51 63 41 71 65 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.3% Average	Read 254 Write 159 Mixed 189 SusWrite 86.7 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 22.3 93% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 52.8 DQ Mixed 28.9 25% 35.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 85%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 206GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	12.9% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 29.9 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 29.8 7% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 8.9 29% 9.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14.9 DQ Write 14.7 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 97%
Hitachi HTS545012B9SA00 120GB 535 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 112GB free Firmware: PB1OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 77 77 78 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 76.7 Write 76.1 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 76.7 49% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 44%

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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 65%

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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