Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.7% 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 9 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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 19:11
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 80.8 2-Core 158 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 469 46% 375 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1612 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 96.7 Parallax 85.8 78% 92.6 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 82 Splatting 73.2 65% 79.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 626 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 833 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 550 (C2) HDA temperature 73 57 184684118043	60.7% Good	Read 496 Write 263 Mixed 267 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 7.65 57% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 37.2 69% 141 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 93%
Hitachi HTS723232A7A364 320GB 11,127 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 210GB free Firmware: EC2O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 64 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3479 (05) Reallocated sector count 75 67 49283914 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3093 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 42 12048094789698 (BC) Unknown 67 1 5518 (BE) vendor-specific 72 43 370999324 (BF) G-sense error rate 93 93 2027 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 24314227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 147420 (C4) Reallocation count 76 76 768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 72 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 811 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	55.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.3 Mixed 88.8 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.3 71% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 58%
Seagate STM3250318AS 250GB 3,989 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 73GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174937559 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19815 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 212640440 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9900 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 65924 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 555483169 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 34359738401 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 26 174937559 (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 -32057635866772 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2579836192 (F2) Unknown 100 253 295115196	40.5% Average	Read 69.3 Write 71.6 Mixed 69.6 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.36 82% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 68%
Samsung HD080HJ 80GB-$25 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 10GB free Firmware: ZH100-47 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 99 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4032 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7543 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5939 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3930 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 118 55 40 (C2) HDA temperature 118 55 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5830 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	32.6% Below average	Read 55 Write 58.3 Mixed 48.8 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GB 2,652 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 55%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	230x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	225x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	147x

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: 41% - Average

Total price: $688

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16