Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.6% 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	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 20:07
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 72 2-Core 139 61% 98.9 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 306 35% 271 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Lighting 22.3 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 19.6 18% 19.1 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 19.7 14% 16 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i 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 4 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -3813930041059 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2054 (B5) Unknown 0 0 4 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2054 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 548086 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 548086 (F2) Unknown 100 100 465608 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22302	42.3% Average	Read 289 Write 104 Mixed 147 39% 180 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 11.7 78% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 57 DQ Mixed 11.2 17% 30.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 80%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 321GB free Firmware: GH2OA440 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 222 100 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1372 (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 87 87 5731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 633 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 227642441728 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 49 287244315 (BF) G-sense error rate 85 85 3955 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1376277 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 81328 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	60.9% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 98.1 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 72%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 53GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 55 41 194848385 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13136 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 783390603 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8718 (C2) HDA temperature 34 54 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 41 194848385 (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	27% Poor	Read 54.5 Write 39.6 Mixed 43.1 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.27 62% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 37%
Hitachi HTS543232A7A384 320GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 54GB free, PID ce21 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 28.1 Write 29.8 Mixed 28.8 38% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.17 40% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	109x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	62x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	94x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	93x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	61x

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Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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