Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	47.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '20 at 10:05
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Memory 53.4 1-Core 43.4 2-Core 87.4 38% 61.4 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 176 24% 176 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1236 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Lighting 59.7 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 78.7 49% 66.7 fps	MRender 63.1 Gravity 56.1 Splatting 51.3 46% 56.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 47%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 83 99 94 82 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 218 Write 128 Mixed 155 SusWrite 90.5 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 21.1 81% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 32.2 33% 50.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.2% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 7.17 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 149 27% 149 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 50%

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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 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $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