Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '18 at 03:01
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 68.4 2-Core 131 58% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 470 44% 363 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 169 Parallax 179 96% 155 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 185 Splatting 128 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 22891 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1142 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 203 (A9) Unknown 100 100 382 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 90 (AE) Unknown 100 100 462 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 143 614181503021 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 768 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 23482 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11719 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13255 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	57.5% Above average	Read 364 Write 257 Mixed 267 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 14 85% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 86.8 DQ Mixed 11.6 22% 41.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 99%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 244 178 2775 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6269 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1510 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 537 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79895 (C2) HDA temperature 111 108 39 (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	78.6% Very good	Read 137 Write 137 Mixed 120 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.25 109% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 970GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 179901880 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 552274 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (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 60 60 673644584 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4358 (C2) HDA temperature 40 40 30064771112 (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 1632087573027 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2203357607 (F2) Unknown 100 253 409768930	85.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 147 Mixed 26.8 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.15 75% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 114%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 162GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 139 783 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2849 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1501 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 424 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23786 (C2) HDA temperature 102 84 41 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 706	60.1% Good	Read 106 Write 103 Mixed 96.8 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% null MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	32% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 10.5 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 51%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $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