Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 19:41
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 925-$150 5,211 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Memory 83.2 1-Core 40.9 2-Core 82.1 46% 68.7 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 160 21% 157 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 C873) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	8.43% Terrible	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 3.94 10% 8.63 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 8.37 Splatting 6.78 6% 8.02 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.43% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDPR-CX300-120 120GB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 51 58 57 57 39 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.5% Below average	Read 229 Write 159 Mixed 196 SusWrite 56.8 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 20.3 78% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 22.9 DQ Mixed 22 17% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 91%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 149GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 73.4 Write 69.5 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 73.6 48% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 42%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 149GB free Firmware: 20.06C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 62 61 62 62 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 61.8 Write 58.6 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 61.3 42% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 35%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 465GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 56 58 59 57 39 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 91.4 Write 87.1 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 58.7 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 54%

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 below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.4% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.7 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 7 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.4% 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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Value: 80% - Very good

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 $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