Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.8% 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	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '19 at 21:08
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 61.3 2-Core 114 56% 88 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 230 29% 222 Pts	64-Core 264 16% 264 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Gigabyte(1458 229D) 2GB CLim: 973 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 51 Parallax 54.4 37% 50.1 fps	MRender 49.7 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 36 34% 42.5 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 15 23 26 29 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 461 Write 408 Mixed 342 SusWrite 66.6 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 41.9 141% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 184 152% 218 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 118%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 253GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 53.5 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 57.9 37% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 51%
WD WD1200BEVS-60UST0 120GB 3,683 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 20GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 33 34 33 33 33 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 34 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 33.4 21% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 29%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 132GB free Firmware: CC91 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 99 99 100 99 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 76 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 98.6 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 71%
Seagate BUP RD 4TB 1,612 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 115 113 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 80.7 Write 105 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 113 68% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 171% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 18 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 10.7 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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