Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	47.7% 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	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 18:46
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 143 60% 99.6 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 415 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 2372) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.7% Average	Lighting 57.5 Reflection 56.8 Parallax 46.5 47% 53.6 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 60 Splatting 52.7 49% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 100 27 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 17 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 219043332137 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1553 (F1) Unknown 253 253 811 (F2) Unknown 253 253 908	58.5% Above average	Read 478 Write 205 Mixed 194 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 3.8 74% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 23.8 52% 106 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 78%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 34359738368 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (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 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 158915428389 (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	58.7% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 109 Mixed 59.7 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.09 53% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 71GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 269 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 657 (C2) HDA temperature 109 100 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	60.1% Good	Read 102 Write 107 Mixed 102 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.19 83% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x8GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 63%

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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 $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