Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.1% 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	59.2% 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 17:06
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 62.3 2-Core 127 57% 91.4 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 375 38% 308 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2740) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 33 Parallax 48.6 30% 39.5 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 31 Splatting 38.3 27% 32.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 55190330653038 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1229 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 595 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 108 108 21779172 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 595 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 195074 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 52 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 195074 (F2) Unknown 100 100 211544 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6161	59.2% Above average	Read 502 Write 142 Mixed 223 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 15.5 86% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 57.4 60% 98 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2010)-$60 12,460 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 535GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 180 1750 (04) Start/Stop count 52 52 48103 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2542 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 726 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1373502 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 27 (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	48.4% Average	Read 87 Write 81.4 Mixed 78.7 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.12 62% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 48%

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 (64^th percentile)	45.1% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $57Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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