Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.91% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '18 at 23:52
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 142 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 436 42% 348 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5750 12,403 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 21D5) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.850.0.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.91% Terrible	Lighting 12.6 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 10.5 10% 11.1 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 9 Splatting 13.8 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.91% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 120GB-$80 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3183 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 184 184 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 254 (C2) HDA temperature 79 61 167504314389 (F1) Unknown 100 100 277653	50.2% Above average	Read 397 Write 39 Mixed 368 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 0.17 92% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 9.75 52% 116 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 327GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 970072 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12097 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 25798629366 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2570 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032838 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 57 47631433749 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 5442 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67415 (C2) HDA temperature 21 43 -140737488355307 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 65 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 35463544968439 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26678840707 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43801327109	73.8% Very good	Read 122 Write 136 Mixed 145 102% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.29 70% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 114%
Hdt72252 5DLA380 250GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 59GB free Firmware: V44O Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 65541 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 113 113 25790120241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2436 (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 99 99 8474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1864 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2581 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2581 (C2) HDA temperature 229 229 231928692760 (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 200 253 93	26.4% Poor	Read 45.8 Write 45.9 Mixed 44.6 34% 45.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.32 81% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 1,012 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 99%

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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 $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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

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) $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