AMD 970A-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.8% 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	57.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	AMD 970A-D3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '17 at 23:40
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 (94^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 72 2-Core 138 62% 99.7 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 359 38% 303 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.8% Above average	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 69.8 62% 74.9 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 62.7 56% 69.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14357 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 316 (B1) Unknown 98 98 36 (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 66 54 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 175 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48650275694	57.8% Above average	Read 282 Write 297 Mixed 256 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 17.7 89% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 17 21% 35.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 142GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 97 104243456 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2768 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 640682851068 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 589365283 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30619 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 77309411363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 105205223946106 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52070004442 (F2) Unknown 100 253 190684373201	67.9% Good	Read 125 Write 112 Mixed 125 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.13 43% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 44GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 402 (03) Spinup time 153 151 3325 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6814 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 16 16 61643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 998 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 601 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6814 (C2) HDA temperature 110 88 33 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.8% Poor	Read 47.1 Write 56.5 Mixed 67.2 43% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NIGV78PEA F3-10666CL9-4 NIGV78PEA 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 11.9 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 45%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: AMD 970A-D3

CPU
FX-4130 Quad-CoreAMD $150Bench 52%, 8,564 samples	19x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	13x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	3x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	2x

SSD
BX500 960GBCrucial $54Bench 69%, 11,103 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	2x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	2x

RAM
M378B1G73QH0- 1x8GBSamsungBench 26%, 102 samples	10x
M378B1G73QH0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 43%, 86 samples	9x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples	2x

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Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $407

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16