Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.7% 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	62.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 12:50
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 130 63% 99.2 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 439 41% 341 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 35.3 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 42.1 29% 36.4 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 36.1 26% 30.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM08.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8484 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4867 (A8) Unknown 100 100 39 (AA) Unknown 100 100 730 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13041908 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 520 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1762 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 24225	62.8% Good	Read 481 Write 320 Mixed 389 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 8.93 63% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 28.5 49% 96.4 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 930GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 4425 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11943 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5005 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10753 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 31313 (C8) Write error rate 200 176 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 172 Write 127 Mixed 127 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.39 137% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 929GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8151 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4340 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6995 (C2) HDA temperature 111 91 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3152 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.7% Very good	Read 148 Write 126 Mixed 99.9 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 76%
ASMedia AS2115 480GB 432GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	135% Outstanding	Read 238 Write 174 Mixed 190 247% 201 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 8.21 986% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 17.7 DQ Write 20.4 DQ Mixed 9.25 1,076% 15.8 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 7,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 14.1 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 50%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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