Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141210
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '19 at 16:59
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 81.7 1-Core 62.1 2-Core 102 53% 82 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 202 24% 186 Pts	64-Core 234 14% 234 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 1376) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 40.4 38% 44.1 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 37 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 111 114 113 115 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	64% Good	Read 376 Write 349 Mixed 313 SusWrite 112 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 39 125% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 51.2 42% 58.7 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 128%
Hitachi HDS721025CLA382 250GB-$20 5,436 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 165GB free Firmware: JP1OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 114 113 115 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 15.8 Write 125 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 112 49% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 75%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 465GB free Firmware: JP2OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 125 124 127 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 126 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 124 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-046.A KHX1600C9D3/4 99U5403-046.A KHX1600C9D3/4 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.4% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 16.2 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 12.5 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 47%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $75Bench 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: $392

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16