Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.74% 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	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 17:16
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 83 1-Core 44.5 2-Core 86.5 48% 71.3 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 236 25% 200 Pts	64-Core 239 15% 239 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 3536) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.74% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 9.25 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.3 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 14.9 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.74% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1826 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2804672168821 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 20 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 36 274877906987 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1267021381927 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 779 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4146 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1740 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2251 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	46.4% Average	Read 393 Write 188 Mixed 259 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 2.23 44% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 3.67 45% 107 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 78%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 5GB free Firmware: GG2OAC90 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 232 232 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1222 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 13871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 771 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 454143 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 223339216923 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	50.9% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 87.2 Mixed 69.3 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.16 57% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M1A133 ST51264BA1339 8GB 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	24.2% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 7.1 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns

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

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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 $129Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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