Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 22% Surfboard	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 16.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	7.78% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '21 at 08:00
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Memory 3.64 1-Core 22.7 2-Core 70.9 14% 32.4 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 172 23% 170 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.78% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 9.6 Parallax 10.3 8% 9.97 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 8.2 Splatting 7.2 7% 8.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.78% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 224 258 278 263 269 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 314 Write 375 Mixed 288 SusWrite 251 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 17.8 62% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 181 139% 190 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 101%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 477GB free Firmware: 3L1QCXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 333 389 420 439 400 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 827 Write 538 Mixed 553 SusWrite 392 129% 578 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 25.4 94% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 249 193% 263 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 259%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 62 64 67 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 71.8 Write 78.7 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 67 55% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 67%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 74 0 0.4 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 90.5 Write 89.4 Mixed 48.4 SusWrite 52.3 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 70%
WD Elements 107C 3TB 3,265 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 285GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 110 121 122 127 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 119 Write 112 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 119 138% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 58%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 373GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 23 24 24 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 30.4 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 23.2 41% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 60%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 103 113 115 115 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 150 Write 149 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 112 160% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 60%
WD My Book 111A 2TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 270GB free, PID 111a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 19 21 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 38.4 Write 28.8 Mixed 20 SusWrite 20.5 34% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 34% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	35% Below average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 3.6 SC Mixed 2.6 9% 3.17 GB/s	Latency 467 9% 467 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 115%

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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 $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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $465

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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