Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.2% 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	59.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '17 at 04:05
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 87 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 141 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 428 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 80.6 55% 71.6 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 55.4 50% 62 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13485 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1459 (E8) Unknown 100 100 19071356805 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	59.3% Above average	Read 390 Write 212 Mixed 251 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 15.4 98% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 15.3 22% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 104%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 894GB free Firmware: AX1E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1445 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 43 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 57 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1072 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224315429 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 39 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 262 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	60.4% Good	Read 106 Write 105 Mixed 100 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 188GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 79 31631910 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4259 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 927007781 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3314 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 41 774701101 (C2) HDA temperature 45 59 60129542189 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 51 69838558 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.4% Below average	Read 71.4 Write 59 Mixed 32.9 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.29 74% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 780 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 96%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P - $300

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	229x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	224x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	46x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	46x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	27x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	43x
BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GBCrucialBench 43%, 4,102 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	20x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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