Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '17 at 06:50
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 79.9 2-Core 161 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 375 42% 330 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 186 100 954 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1922 (A6) Unknown 100 100 57 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 109 (A9) Unknown 100 100 15 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 92 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1553 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 240518168617 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9253 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4915 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5600	75.7% Very good	Read 461 Write 404 Mixed 441 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 5.11 90% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 30.8 64% 130 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 78%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2TB free Firmware: MKAOAAM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 208 208 42973593978 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 967 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1047 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1047 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 197569413152 (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	76.9% Very good	Read 153 Write 115 Mixed 138 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2346 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2063 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1583 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1040 (C2) HDA temperature 115 89 28 (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 200 200 0
Poor: 27% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 20.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 14.1 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 58%

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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