Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.1% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '17 at 04:55
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 58.1 2-Core 111 55% 85.6 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 246 30% 231 Pts	64-Core 257 16% 257 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E344) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25% Poor	Lighting 30 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 33.9 24% 32.2 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 27.6 Splatting 35 26% 31.2 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (A5) Unknown 100 100 851976 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 49 219043332138 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8590065666 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 45 (EA) Unknown 100 100 77 (F1) Unknown 253 253 66 (F2) Unknown 253 253 54 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	41.1% Average	Read 363 Write 159 Mixed 208 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 0.79 56% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 62.5 DQ Mixed 5.86 15% 30.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 86%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 1 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3090 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4167 (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 98 98 10995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4076 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 121 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 52 370475029 (C2) HDA temperature 79 48 370409493 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1173811 (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 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	60% Above average	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 102 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 59%
Samsung M3 Portable 500GB 4,300 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 111GB free, PID 61b3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 79.2 Write 89.3 Mixed 62.4 99% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-032.A 99U5474-028.A 8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.2 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 42%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $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