Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.1% 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	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '19 at 22:28
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 80.4 2-Core 147 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 437 41% 342 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 82% 106 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 98 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe 400GB-$390 497 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 254 316 317 314 311 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 776 Write 722 Mixed 529 SusWrite 304 130% 583 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 39.7 139% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 514 DQ Write 423 DQ Mixed 471 352% 469 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 224%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 593GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 321 390 383 380 380 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 407 Mixed 372 SusWrite 358 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 45.9 150% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 261 196% 261 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 87 88 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 89.2 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 86.9 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 839GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 89 89 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 64.5 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 88.9 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 745 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 23 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 15.4 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

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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	161x
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 $37Bench 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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Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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