Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	78.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	17GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 17GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 17 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130128
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '17 at 11:33
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 77.6 2-Core 154 63% 105 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 467 45% 370 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Zotac(19DA 3255) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 43.8 Reflection 39.6 Parallax 52.5 36% 45.3 fps	Gravity 44.3 Splatting 33.4 34% 38.9 fps
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 261 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 130 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 62 47 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1263580130	78.8% Very good	Read 488 Write 384 Mixed 402 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 22.1 113% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 21.5 25% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 124%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 416GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 171 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3758 (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 89 89 5147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3517 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1056606257152 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295163916 (BE) vendor-specific 66 44 338427938 (BF) G-sense error rate 33 33 17219 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6750311 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 198076 (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 100 100 16 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	46.3% Average	Read 85.1 Write 76.4 Mixed 77.9 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 53%
Hitachi HTS543225L9SA02 250GB 187 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 217GB free Firmware: FBEAC50F Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 9136 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 12156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 6058 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 13335873454080 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 850448810057 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 2 2 986112 (C2) HDA temperature 152 152 201863921700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 58 58 12884912792	35.1% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 60.7 Mixed 54.2 44% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD31G133381 Kingston 99U5471-012.A Kingston 99U5471-012.A Kingston 99U5471-038.A 17GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 1024, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.3% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 36%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	109x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $79Bench 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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Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	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