Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 9 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.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130524
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 08:18
Run Duration	98 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 77.6 1-Core 63.5 2-Core 125 54% 88.8 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 323 34% 270 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2848) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 20.8 Reflection 18.7 26% 19.7 fps
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240GD2DH16T-T 240GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 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 108 108 17550286 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -33895881899489 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2257 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 57 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 30067851296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17550286 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17550286 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17550286 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21933 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9193 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9193 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9687	61.3% Good	Read 477 Write 196 Mixed 247 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 19 80% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 62.8 68% 114 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 347GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24743144 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3698 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 74969864 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2530 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 318 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62482 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 30064771104 (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 102705552953899 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28599610892 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38294991307	86.9% Excellent	Read 162 Write 141 Mixed 85.4 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,926 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 14.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 9.4 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 53%

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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 $79Bench 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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16