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 as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 49.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130128
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 02:47
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 440-$50 1,929 User benchmarks, average bench 43% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Memory 77.9 1-Core 43.7 2-Core 87.7 46% 69.8 Pts	4-Core 129 8-Core 119 17% 124 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 6800 XT 98 User benchmarks, average bench 0% XFX(1682 2177) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 309.8 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 0.47 Reflection 0.58 1% 0.52 fps
Poor: 0% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8780 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 657 (B1) Unknown 98 98 40 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 54 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 73254409478	64.6% Good	Read 457 Write 364 Mixed 397 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 21.2 4K Mixed 15.4 59% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 58.6 65% 111 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 90 197347448 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 51 1972006600383 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4492 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 589430819 (C2) HDA temperature 35 56 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 51 215420982 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 84 237 16	43.5% Average	Read 78 Write 73.5 Mixed 72.6 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 43%
Generic External 1.5TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 39GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	8.92% Terrible	Read 24.7 Write 21.6 Mixed 18.8 27% 21.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.16 4K Mixed 0.08 10% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.92% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x2GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.1% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 11.5 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.4 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 50%

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

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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 $75Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16