Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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.
Graphics	45.8% 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	24% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '15 at 23:52
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 69.4 2-Core 142 48% 106 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 418 42% 340 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 48% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 368B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.8% Average	Lighting 55.1 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 55.6 45% 58.5 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 53.7 Splatting 52 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk U100 64GB 381 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS.56.11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 291 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 14 (F1) Unknown 100 100 328295827 (F2) Unknown 100 100 253488901	24% Poor	Read 320 Write 110 Mixed 126 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 1.45 4K Write 8.11 4K Mixed 4.39 12% 4.65 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 8.85 DQ Mixed 4.28 6% 10 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 46%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 116GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150953627 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3662 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 78 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 355273196 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3704 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295950784 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1263 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 572063778 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 30 150953627 (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 104376295240788 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4281792975 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3264643718	51.3% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 88.2 Mixed 29.4 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 70%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 32GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 183 3608 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4400 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1814 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 469 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3930 (C2) HDA temperature 108 83 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	30.3% Below average	Read 54.1 Write 51.5 Mixed 10.6 28% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.21 56% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 51%

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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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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

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Performance Results

PC Performing below expectations (21st percentile)

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