Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.1% 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	61.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '16 at 11:05
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

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 X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 55 2-Core 109 56% 85.6 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 329 34% 274 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 49.6 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 61.8 40% 48.2 fps	MRender 31.7 Gravity 48.5 Splatting 41.2 33% 40.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 21602621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 115818088105790 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 801 (0D) Soft read error rate 95 95 21602621 (64) Unknown 0 0 38116 (AA) Unknown 0 0 3488 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 42 (B1) Unknown 0 0 93 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 49 42952884248 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 42952884248 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21602621 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 120 120 -104191611633664 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21602621 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21602621 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 13 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32910 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4335 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4335 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7715	61.6% Good	Read 390 Write 147 Mixed 233 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 14.5 107% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 53.7 63% 111 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 490GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154101240 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2609 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 13149548814 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1698 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 27 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 44 73417949208 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 349 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29884 (C2) HDA temperature 24 56 -140737488355304 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -6640019431275 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32512947696 (F2) Unknown 100 253 60649863805	89.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 156 Mixed 153 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GB 550 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38% Below average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 13.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.3 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 90%

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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	229x
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 $279	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