Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.9% 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	71.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '16 at 18:14
Run Duration	565 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (50^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 142 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 396 40% 325 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.7% 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) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.151.3 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Lighting 61.8 Reflection 55.5 Parallax 71.9 50% 63.1 fps	MRender 54.3 Gravity 49.8 Splatting 70.2 49% 58.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19670 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1664 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 232 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1105 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 63 163208036382 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24105231495 (F7) Unknown 100 100 770984704 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2980851065	71.7% Very good	Read 484 Write 274 Mixed 349 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 25.6 94% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 51.3 65% 116 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 556GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 810 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 798 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 454 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.1% Excellent	Read 141 Write 152 Mixed 144 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.36 141% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 133GB free Firmware: KC45 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 81 1864 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2427 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 280 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 384909015 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1530 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 5662 (BC) Unknown 100 98 837531402441 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 538312735 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 81604378655 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 27 1864 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 86 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 86 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 189 31389 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 134861973124208 (F1) Unknown 100 253 494333124 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2212568533	51.4% Above average	Read 76.9 Write 102 Mixed 81.8 65% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.53 98% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 489GB free, PID a0a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 145 Write 173 Mixed 68.7 162% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.24 46% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 63%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 483GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 28.5 Mixed 12.5 28% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.3 67% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 20%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 17GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	7.74% Terrible	Read 28 Write 12.1 Mixed 17.2 22% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.68 39% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.74% Great: 34%
500 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 4GB free, PID 5500, MicroCenter Green USB 3.0 8GB Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 27.1 Write 19.2 Mixed 17.7 26% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.74 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.51 73% 2.42 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GB 2,652 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.9% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 9.6 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 55%

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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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16