Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	62.7% 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 11:27
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 73 1-Core 60.4 2-Core 108 50% 80.5 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 185 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 183 11% 183 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	5.67% Terrible	Lighting 5.47 Reflection 5.81 Parallax 5.19 4% 5.49 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 10.1 8% 9.82 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 25615940 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 21672404998297 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2386 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 283 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25615940 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25615940 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25615940 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31536 (EA) Unknown 0 0 28517 (F1) Unknown 0 0 28517 (F2) Unknown 0 0 31933	62.7% Good	Read 490 Write 176 Mixed 271 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 17.3 90% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 59.5 64% 107 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 764GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228128528 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3086 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61491741 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1739 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 75 65 39075381273 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 68953 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 -140737488355303 (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 125391570218995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44209544896 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38672657894	93% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 180 Mixed 133 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 112%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB 2,192 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 361GB free, PID 2100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 30.2 Mixed 30.6 39% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.27 38% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 18%
WD Elements 10B8 500GB 1,821 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 109GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 30.1 Write 30 Mixed 29.5 39% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 39%

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 (45^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 12.5 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 10.2 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 94.6 42% 94.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

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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 $47Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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