Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	29.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 08:35
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 86.3 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 92.4 50% 75.4 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 189 23% 178 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 8A90) ≥ 4GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 4.57 Reflection 5.62 Parallax 3.5 4% 4.56 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 4.53 Splatting 3.22 3% 4.19 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Pyro 60GB-$125 630 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 5589205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -68152541049256 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3470 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 121 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 73017720867 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5589205 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5589205 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5589205 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8542 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12231 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12231 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13004	29.6% Poor	Read 197 Write 69.2 Mixed 101 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 6.48 55% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 16.4 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 7.3 16% 30.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 106GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84150051 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4803 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 8595437558 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3366 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 37 4295032938 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 538247200 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 21 84150051 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 28054726389392 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3423815108 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4051205706	50.9% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 90.3 Mixed 88 67% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.65 134% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-003.A 99U5474-025.A 99U5474-025.A 99U5471-003.A 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 533, 667, 667, 533 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.4% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.9 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 32%

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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	230x
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 $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16