Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	4098 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130125
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 23:41
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 75.9 2-Core 138 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 377 41% 325 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 90GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 28 (03) Spinup time 141 138 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3312 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2937 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 886 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2425 (C2) HDA temperature 118 92 25 (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	43.7% Average	Read 74.8 Write 77.4 Mixed 29.7 44% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.39 89% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 60%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 84GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 479 (03) Spinup time 138 135 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3164 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14088 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2195 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1096 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2067 (C2) HDA temperature 118 90 25 (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	51.6% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 89.3 Mixed 15.2 47% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 70%
Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00 120GB-$25 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: BB2OC3JP Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 34359738368 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 7595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2402 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 155062 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 223338954773 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	26.8% Poor	Read 44.1 Write 49.3 Mixed 7.55 24% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.23 64% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 7,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 13.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 50%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

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) $35	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