Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.7% 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	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121220
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 23:50
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (45^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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 135 59% 95.9 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 233 31% 233 Pts	64-Core 250 16% 250 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04DD) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 88.9 55% 72.7 fps	MRender 60.9 Gravity 55.3 Splatting 79.2 55% 65.1 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 25213 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 436 (B1) Unknown 89 89 124 (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 51 39 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 35 (EB) Unknown 99 99 137 (F1) Unknown 99 99 64077566052	61.3% Good	Read 393 Write 271 Mixed 223 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 19 90% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 64 DQ Mixed 19.9 24% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 429GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 8384 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7410 (05) Reallocated sector count 52 52 31704 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4785368657 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 74979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1468 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12885098643 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 63 49 639828005 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7974 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 42949672997 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 6 8384 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2149 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -101953933645070 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2458915055 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2216253704	42% Average	Read 79.7 Write 66.9 Mixed 26.6 42% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.29 67% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 69%

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)	45.5% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 65%

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

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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 $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 $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