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 as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 11:07
Run Duration	318 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 68.9 2-Core 104 58% 88.3 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 209 27% 202 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 367GB free Firmware: CC25 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 120 99 240193768 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3703 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5322799 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6768 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 848 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 773390376 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15569 (C2) HDA temperature 40 52 98784247848 (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 -84426172134422 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4332215738 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17327848630	68% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 119 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 2432 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 57 21711387262 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2291 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 48 823722029 (C2) HDA temperature 45 52 90194313261 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 36 2432 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -15406047681458 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2144041032 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1894288509	54.3% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 97.5 Mixed 99.1 73% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.61 102% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 88%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 17GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 125 125 51451 (03) Spinup time 167 166 6641 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5248 (05) Reallocated sector count 155 155 850 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12956 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2278 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1099 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 350040 (C2) HDA temperature 105 98 45 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 745 (C5) Current pending sector count 196 195 1057 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 145 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 4807 (C8) Write error rate 76 76 29913	28.2% Poor	Read 36 Write 62.2 Mixed 5.31 25% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.09 37% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 63%

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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 65%

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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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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 $40	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