Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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-X58A-UD9 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120330
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 09:37
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 X 990-$499 4,994 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Socket 1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 98.2 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 199 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 572 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 851A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Areca System Volume 00 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 672GB free Firmware: R001 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 83% Great: 88%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4583 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1554 (B1) Unknown 98 98 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 55437339053	53.9% Above average	Read 381 Write 195 Mixed 228 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 16.3 75% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 87.3 DQ Mixed 54.7 53% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 126%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 143 9616 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3292 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2148 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 888 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 413301 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 38 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 94.6 Mixed 74.6 66% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.32 100% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 119 Write 102 Mixed 37.8 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.57 96% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 808GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 3000 (03) Spinup time 92 70 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3060 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 528506230 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1638 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 833236435187 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 371 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 589365282 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3260 (C2) HDA temperature 34 55 77309411362 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 4 3000 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -83163451721559 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1281415626 (F2) Unknown 100 253 684572900	60.1% Good	Read 103 Write 106 Mixed 94.2 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 23.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 15.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 45.1 89% 45.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 57%

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Gaming 28%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9

CPU
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	11x
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	3x
Core i7 X 990Intel $499Bench 78%, 4,994 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	4x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	3x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	2x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	2x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	1x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	1x

RAM
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	5x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	3x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	2x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $398

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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