Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	42.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121220
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 11:50
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.65 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 96.3 1-Core 81.2 2-Core 162 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 325 43% 324 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7970-$435 6,727 User benchmarks, average bench 36% AMD(1002 3000) 3GB CLim: 1140 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Lighting 55.5 Reflection 37.3 Parallax 69.9 45% 54.2 fps	MRender 34.3 Gravity 54.1 Splatting 45.6 37% 44.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208469072 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1513 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2573154 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 949 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 504496153 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10467 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 42949672985 (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 -24923695215944 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4012987109 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3814425122	85.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 146 Mixed 140 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 454GB free Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155243808 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4396570451 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3441 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032845 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 4900257823 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 95817 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 -140737488355297 (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 -93793495801965 (F1) Unknown 100 253 131890422784512 (F2) Unknown 100 253 131178220267348	99.1% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 148 Mixed 164 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.31 85% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135614328 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 90264950 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4396 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 790 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 554893343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15215 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 42949672991 (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 128415227187425 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35313487055 (F2) Unknown 100 253 133741450995	80% Excellent	Read 135 Write 144 Mixed 139 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 114%

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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 14.8 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.7% 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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Total price: $517

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