Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	22.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 15:39
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 B55 3,005 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 80.5 1-Core 53.8 2-Core 108 51% 80.6 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 214 29% 214 Pts	64-Core 215 13% 215 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2730) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 26.9 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 32.1 22% 29.2 fps	MRender 25.6 Gravity 21.5 Splatting 34.2 23% 27.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 146GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 98 169472524 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4336 (05) Reallocated sector count 86 86 577 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27284234 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3410 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 12885098500 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 47 707067946 (C2) HDA temperature 42 53 73014444074 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 18 169472524 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 177 1264 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 132572755538155 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2012321589 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3159330389	35.1% Below average	Read 94.7 Write 27.6 Mixed 30.6 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 120GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 92 53422666 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 246665636 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6681 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 46 740818988 (C2) HDA temperature 44 54 73014444076 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 56 73553239 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.1% Average	Read 66.6 Write 73.1 Mixed 33.5 43% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.27 63% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 54%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$35 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4.AAB Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6702 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 544801230 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6675 (BB) vendor-specific 46 46 54 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 42 99491250217 (C2) HDA temperature 41 58 81604378665 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 61 187434977 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 451 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	29.9% Poor	Read 53.3 Write 50.6 Mixed 51.4 39% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.32 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 42%

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 as expected (47^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 13.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 10 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 65%

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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 $57Bench 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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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