Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.9% 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	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 09:44
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 134 59% 95.7 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 380 40% 318 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Asus(1043 04DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.9% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 59.8 Parallax 84.9 55% 70.8 fps	MRender 59.4 Gravity 58.5 Splatting 77 54% 65 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3433 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 793 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 91 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4806576055	90.4% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 383 Mixed 401 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 36.5 133% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 61.4 69% 119 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16357 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2745 (B1) Unknown 92 92 281 (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 62 40 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 299 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23685238242	51.4% Above average	Read 473 Write 176 Mixed 228 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 10.3 67% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 57.7 DQ Write 50.6 DQ Mixed 11.1 20% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 204GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 167 4400 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5630 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4472 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 369 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5260 (C2) HDA temperature 108 85 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 3442 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 34	51.4% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 89.2 Mixed 90.8 68% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.5 137% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 4x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.7% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.9 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 100%

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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 $90Bench 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 $76Bench 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: $435

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