Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	41% 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)
Boot Drive	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 06:26
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core-$81 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 76.9 1-Core 59.2 2-Core 103 51% 79.7 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 179 22% 168 Pts	64-Core 183 11% 183 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3080) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41% Average	Lighting 51.6 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 45.8 42% 50.7 fps	MRender 42.6 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 68.8 39% 44.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6124 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 993 (A8) Unknown 100 100 37 (AA) Unknown 100 100 229 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179711 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 282 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 37 (E7) Temperature 100 100 82 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6623	65.3% Good	Read 493 Write 328 Mixed 338 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 9.63 76% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 75.3 DQ Mixed 37.9 42% 72.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 97%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 98 (03) Spinup time 127 127 51580109322 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 231929872429 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 128 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.39 101% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 423GB free Firmware: 04.05G11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 253 222 9091 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2286 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1120 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1977 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 44 (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 1	42.8% Average	Read 77.4 Write 71.6 Mixed 64.7 53% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 61%

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 as expected (48^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 13.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 8.4 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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