Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.6% 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	46.8% 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 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-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 18:30
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 121 59% 92.9 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 189 27% 198 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 3130) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Lighting 28.6 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 27.2 23% 26.7 fps	MRender 20.6 Gravity 25.6 Splatting 29.7 21% 25.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ACSC2M128S25 127GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20151204 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1500 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 70 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 291408 (A5) Unknown 100 100 308 (A6) Unknown 100 100 257 (A7) Unknown 100 100 285 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 734 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 44370 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (F1) Unknown 100 100 174563 (F2) Unknown 100 100 141637 (F5) Unknown 100 100 677365	46.8% Average	Read 439 Write 153 Mixed 229 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 2.9 55% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 19.3 38% 79.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 64%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 667GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 100 90 (03) Spinup time 123 100 25789333819 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5572 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 100 32 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1491 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 45 15664493 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 337444892 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5664 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5664 (C2) HDA temperature 214 157 180389543964 (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 200 200 0	73.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 129 Mixed 111 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.37 92% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.3 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 54%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P - $300

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	229x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	224x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	46x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	27x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	43x
BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GBCrucialBench 43%, 4,102 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	20x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $645

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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