Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '16 at 12:06
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 970-$1,141 4,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 82.2 2-Core 165 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 532 52% 427 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 13C2) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7447 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2136 (B1) Unknown 97 97 25 (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 72 62 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 913 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17183491651	63.1% Good	Read 261 Write 180 Mixed 185 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 23.6 115% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 73 80% 136 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 118%
Ocz-vertex PLUS R2 124GB 517 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 45GB free Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (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 4665 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 135935 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	35.1% Below average	Read 231 Write 157 Mixed 180 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 6.75 48% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 82.7 DQ Write 31.5 DQ Mixed 6.95 18% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 38%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 406GB free Firmware: CC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 92 159236592 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5311 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17244391976 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2999 (B7) Unknown 82 82 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 581 (BC) Unknown 100 87 4295950386 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 77 61 387186711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1002 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47134 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 42949672983 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -29841432760784 (F1) Unknown 100 253 119534532681825 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -551004818336	80.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 127 Mixed 127 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.46 114% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 251GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6190 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5893 (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 97 97 17620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5092 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 88 58 202113036 (C2) HDA temperature 82 55 302776338 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 98730 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	40.5% Average	Read 76.5 Write 64.9 Mixed 78.8 56% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.29 59% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x4GB 28,320 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6 of 6 slots used 24GB DIMM Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.1% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.9 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 28%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 24%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9

CPU
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	11x
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	3x
Core i7 X 990Intel $499Bench 78%, 4,994 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	4x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	3x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	2x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	2x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	1x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	1x

RAM
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	5x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	3x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	2x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $398

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 $179	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