Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130125
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 21:37
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 84 1-Core 69.2 2-Core 125 58% 92.8 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 376 37% 303 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 111 83% 109 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 99.6 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5406 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 667 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 65 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 85 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36992541114	87.9% Excellent	Read 476 Write 378 Mixed 401 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 36.7 128% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 64.1 69% 116 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 319GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3164 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 361013857 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1414 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 44 43454562334 (C2) HDA temperature 30 56 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 31 0 (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 2022929608583 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2318575130 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1911276172	64.7% Good	Read 111 Write 115 Mixed 78.9 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.64 115% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 132GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 154 3116 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9668 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2676 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9668 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 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 200 200 165 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.1% Average	Read 72.4 Write 74.1 Mixed 101 63% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.38 87% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 58%
Samsung S2 Portable 320GB 1,030 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 164GB free, PID 1f03 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 30.8 Mixed 27.1 38% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.31 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-020.A 2x4GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	40.8% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 41%

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Gaming 21%

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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 $90Bench 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	74x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	51x

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Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16