Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	42.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 19:21
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.85 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 87.1 2-Core 170 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 530 52% 428 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 148 Parallax 126 113% 138 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3449 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1216 (A5) Unknown 100 100 779306 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 200 (AE) Unknown 100 100 546 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 49 261993332785 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 666 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 281 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10261572251 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12942863604	42.4% Average	Read 437 Write 228 Mixed 273 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 5.65 36% 10.5 MB/s	DQ Read 14.8 DQ Write 13.2 DQ Mixed 6.01 7% 11.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 56%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 34GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 165 100 165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (A6) Unknown 100 100 50 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 108 (A9) Unknown 100 100 42 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 87 (AE) Unknown 100 100 489 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 274877906984 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 20148 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2228 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2661
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 165GB free Firmware: KC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 1864 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2626 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 65446578 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2260 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 20 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 640024614 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 34359738406 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 22 1864 (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 131288560318721 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2437957980 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1169848156	50.5% Above average	Read 84.4 Write 91.5 Mixed 82.4 65% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 88%
WD WD4000YR-01PLB0 400GB-$145 232 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 155GB free Firmware: 01.06A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 245 219 4791 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4268 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3560 (C2) HDA temperature 104 97 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	23.3% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 41.2 Mixed 41 31% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4 Corsair CMX4GX3M1A160 Corsair CMX4GX3M1A160 Corsair CMX4GX3M1A160 16GB 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.3% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 15.2 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns

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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	229x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	224x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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