Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.1% 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	34.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 15:49
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 55.4 2-Core 112 54% 84.8 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 218 29% 217 Pts	64-Core 219 14% 219 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2667) 3GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 24.8 Parallax 32.2 21% 27.6 fps	MRender 34.1 Gravity 30.3 Splatting 26.1 24% 30.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: E120506a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 9954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2437 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 40 171800657960 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	34.1% Below average	Read 234 Write 84.4 Mixed 145 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 10.6 56% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 14.6 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 12 26% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 52%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 924 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 641 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9437 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 30 (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
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 96GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 88 142 (03) Spinup time 83 83 6070 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12283 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 12428 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 17597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4168 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 91 142 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 289 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 62 353501205 (C2) HDA temperature 75 61 420610073 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 107006 (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 99 546 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0
Poor: 27% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.5% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.8 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 97%

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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 $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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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 $182	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