Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50% 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	44.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 16:50
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (54^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, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 113 56% 88.7 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 435 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50% Above average	Lighting 61.7 Reflection 55.7 Parallax 74.9 50% 64.1 fps	MRender 54.7 Gravity 50 Splatting 71.7 50% 58.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27122 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 491 (B1) Unknown 90 90 361 (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 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 128 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40963842547	44.9% Average	Read 311 Write 83.9 Mixed 99.6 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 16.4 84% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 78.4 DQ Mixed 16.1 23% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 74GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153424792 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4916 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4317941583 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 531 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 55 386990103 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 5 5 190742 (C2) HDA temperature 23 45 38654705687 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91268055034654 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8966035061065 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4412301440411	80.2% Excellent	Read 130 Write 150 Mixed 81.3 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.29 87% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2x8GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.9% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	230x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	224x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 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: 39% - Below average

Total price: $645

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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