Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	May 10 '18 at 18:15
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 69.6 2-Core 130 60% 96.3 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 295 34% 262 Pts	64-Core 297 18% 297 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 50.2 Parallax 51.2 37% 48.9 fps	MRender 49.3 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 37.6 34% 42.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6645 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 961 (B1) Unknown 87 87 65 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 46 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 192 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15843500187	45.3% Average	Read 322 Write 184 Mixed 187 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 12.5 67% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 31 DQ Mixed 13.1 14% 23.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 110%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 143 143 38685049289 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 553 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 555 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 555 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 253404381222 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 186 Mixed 141 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 3.43 4K Mixed 0.41 147% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 186 181 7700 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1183 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 539 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34968 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 39 (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	53.6% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 96.4 Mixed 87.7 69% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 815GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 172 2033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1605 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7024 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 35 (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	93.7% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 169 Mixed 154 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.34 133% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 72GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 31 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4401 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1346 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 453 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3948 (C2) HDA temperature 107 80 36 (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	62.2% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 70.2 71% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 65GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4351 (03) Spinup time 142 139 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5588 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2739 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1755 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3846 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 33 (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 200 199 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.4% Average	Read 73.9 Write 73.8 Mixed 45.4 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 69%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 916GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 95.6 Write 100 Mixed 99.7 128% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 3x8GB 139 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 86%

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Gaming 20%

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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	161x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $37Bench 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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Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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