Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.1% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 18:35
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 131 60% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 284 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 282 18% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) CLim: 1094 MHz, MLim: 1395 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 89.3 60% 75.7 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 57.3 Splatting 81.1 57% 67.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 59GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^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 4105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1588 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 374 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2229097922928 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 48 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	51.7% Above average	Read 493 Write 107 Mixed 177 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 6.22 73% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 7.41 34% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 65%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 11273977 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 2645699869316 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1101 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 100 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11273977 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11273977 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11273977 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14008 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9933 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9933 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11708	37.1% Below average	Read 399 Write 67 Mixed 111 41% 192 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 13.5 4K Mixed 9.21 53% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 52.7 DQ Write 22.1 DQ Mixed 14.5 17% 29.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 179GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154968044 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5354 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 116943072839 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4586 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25770262576 (BD) vendor-specific 71 71 29 (BE) vendor-specific 61 56 656015399 (C2) HDA temperature 39 44 12884901927 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 25 154968044 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.9% Average	Read 78 Write 85.4 Mixed 29.8 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.39 90% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 800, 933, 933 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 9.8 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.8 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 49%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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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

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