Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.8% 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	45% 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 19:43
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 68.7 1-Core 23.8 2-Core 71.6 36% 54.7 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 382 40% 322 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.8% Below average	Lighting 33.5 Reflection 50.2 Parallax 60.5 27% 48 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 53 49% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax TA1D0240A 240GB 2,348 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 297 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 85 85 169 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196617 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 744	45% Average	Read 198 Write 340 Mixed 237 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 7.19 50% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 73.7 DQ Mixed 7.14 17% 33.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 897GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3056 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2880 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 33 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 504561694 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2809 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 181 Mixed 169 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.34 126% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 17.1 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 8.4 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

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 $179	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