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 (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121220
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 02:17
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (40^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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 141 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 412 41% 333 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 96 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 12 (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 57 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1460449220	66.1% Good	Read 367 Write 321 Mixed 298 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 21.6 98% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 73.2 DQ Mixed 21.2 25% 42.1 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 159GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2786 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 199 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1641477990	69.1% Good	Read 393 Write 326 Mixed 291 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 22.2 104% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 76 DQ Mixed 18.6 25% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 367GB free Firmware: JC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 620708 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3853 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 540837617 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 48799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 27 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 622526501 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 23 620708 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116964844416218 (F1) Unknown 100 253 312267002 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2685913697	57.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.7 Mixed 81.1 70% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.31 96% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3500641SV 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 177GB free Firmware: 3.ASK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 82 56373529 (03) Spinup time 86 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4576 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 122347153 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29529 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 442 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 48 740818988 (C2) HDA temperature 44 52 81604378668 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 51 38458386 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	24.6% Poor	Read 44.7 Write 40.9 Mixed 20.6 26% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 32%

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 (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.3% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 97%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $37	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