Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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	37.2% 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	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '16 at 11:13
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 121 60% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 277 31% 246 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 59.1 40% 46.7 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 40.7 33% 39.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 295GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2314 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 298 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 177 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 237	52.6% Above average	Read 381 Write 272 Mixed 246 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 8.86 66% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 61.3 DQ Mixed 8.85 17% 31.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6805 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 976 (B1) Unknown 92 92 153 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 37 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 114 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39867504684	77.7% Very good	Read 468 Write 376 Mixed 396 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 21.2 110% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 38 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 20 33% 61 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 124%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB 3,164 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 104GB free Firmware: GKAOA94A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 106 106 55878746756 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1708 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 54974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1397 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1765 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1765 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 274878824491 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	29.3% Poor	Read 56.3 Write 45.5 Mixed 33.4 34% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.26 81% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 136GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95071488 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21201210 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1131 (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 71 51 521666589 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98009 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 55834574877 (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 39831526706185 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10623571144 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28010939706	66.9% Good	Read 109 Write 124 Mixed 128 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.16 75% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9.1 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 51%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P - $300

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	229x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	224x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	46x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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