Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 46.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	40.5% 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)
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 01:40
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 240 5,506 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Memory 80.3 1-Core 41.5 2-Core 82.8 46% 68.2 Pts	4-Core 82.7 8-Core 82.6 11% 82.6 Pts	64-Core 84 5% 84 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3414) CLim: 1192 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.5% Average	Lighting 49.2 Reflection 56.2 Parallax 63.9 40% 56.4 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 48.8 41% 50.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSA2BT040G3 40GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 29GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22324 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 410218 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 182214 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 3 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 138737164 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 89 89 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 410218 (F2) Unknown 100 100 460997	24.5% Poor	Read 184 Write 48.5 Mixed 75.3 22% 103 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 8.99 44% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 13.4 DQ Write 37.1 DQ Mixed 8.85 12% 19.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 36%
CHN 25SATA01M 030 30GB 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0921A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 121 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 34 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14363 (A5) Unknown 100 100 19 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7277 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7838 (F5) Unknown 100 100 11593

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown OCZ3G1066LV2G 2x2GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 533 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 11.3 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.7% 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	162x
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 $38Bench 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: $392

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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