Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.98% 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	35.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 05 '17 at 12:26
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 93 1-Core 53.1 2-Core 106 55% 84.1 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 313 33% 262 Pts	64-Core 311 19% 311 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(0000 0000) 512MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.98% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 8.19 Parallax 2.72 7% 6.35 fps	MRender 5.95 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 5.22 5% 5.82 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.98% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 730 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 32 (AD) Unknown 100 100 158400682 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5277016	35.1% Below average	Read 321 Write 78.2 Mixed 100 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 3.23 52% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 77.3 DQ Write 60.2 DQ Mixed 1.34 19% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 83%
SSD Smartbuy 120GB 1,828 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 6GB free Firmware: S8FM06.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16267 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2543 (A8) Unknown 100 100 53 (AA) Unknown 97 97 30064771548 (AD) Unknown 100 100 28901933 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22991	64.8% Good	Read 480 Write 323 Mixed 279 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 9.54 65% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 24.4 56% 114 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 91%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 9GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 153 151 5308 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6968 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4756 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6968 (C2) HDA temperature 110 89 37 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.8% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 78.9 Mixed 74.2 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.32 93% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.8% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 8.1 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 61%

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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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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 $184	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