Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 10:30
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 146 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 342 38% 302 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 65.7 56% 67.5 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 53.7 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 462GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211558593 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12919 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44646484 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4172 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 621740068 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 34359738404 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 21 211558593 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 98646808876682 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1355310799 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1148364393	65.3% Good	Read 111 Write 117 Mixed 102 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.61 130% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 729 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 727 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 558 (C2) HDA temperature 108 80 35 (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	82.7% Excellent	Read 157 Write 131 Mixed 139 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.32 114% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%
WDC WD10 EACS-22D6B0 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 931GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39% Below average	Read 88 Write 84.7 Mixed 84.6 110% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.33 98% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ CT51264BA160B KHX1600C10D3/ CT51264BA160B 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 13.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 72.1 55% 72.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 45%

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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 $269	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 $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 $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