Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	26.3% 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	54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '18 at 01:02
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Memory 65.9 1-Core 46.7 2-Core 107 45% 73.2 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 221 26% 203 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.3% Poor	Lighting 29.3 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 43.6 24% 38.6 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 41 Splatting 35.7 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1020 (A5) Unknown 100 100 743140820486 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 59 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 109 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 48 206159609886 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622941546004 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7296 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16146 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11479 (F2) Unknown 253 253 32931 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	54.4% Above average	Read 375 Write 289 Mixed 266 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 24.6 4K Mixed 15.1 60% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 56.9 DQ Mixed 31.1 36% 63 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 101%
WD Red Pro 3TB (2014)-$170 548 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 422GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 152 11200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 476 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2033 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (10) Unknown 11 189 208435857127 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1868 (C2) HDA temperature 122 108 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	70.4% Very good	Read 146 Write 99.6 Mixed 119 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.21 92% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 239GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 66 10415 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5669 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5982 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 33 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2273 (B5) Unknown 100 100 15978825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 190 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206158888983 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4760 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 33 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5754	40.1% Average	Read 62.1 Write 77.3 Mixed 76 54% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ16GX3M2A16 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ16GX3M2A16 24GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 11.9 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.7 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 48%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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