Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '16 at 02:26
Run Duration	361 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 67.3 2-Core 133 59% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 378 38% 311 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 2317) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.5% Below average	Lighting 43.6 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 57.7 36% 43.5 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 36.7 30% 35.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Esata-2 External 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	93.6% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 131 Mixed 118 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.18 4K Mixed 0.16 40% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 102%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free Firmware: 2AR1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 546 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 63 4465 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1624 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11253 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 72 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 95 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 270583857182 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 96 96 2154 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4120 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 72 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 180750	116% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 211 Mixed 194 150% 200 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 3.99 4K Mixed 0.48 153% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free Firmware: 2AR1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2965 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 84 3452 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1964 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18156 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 361 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2661 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 117 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 24 326418235422 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 50009 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 361 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 239370	118% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 207 Mixed 179 148% 197 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 4.46 4K Mixed 0.55 168% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 59%
AMD 3+1 Disk RAID5 3TB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 139 Mixed 175 180% 242 MB/s	4K Read 1.78 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.56 141% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 258%
Marvell Raid VD 0 1TB 567 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 924GB free Firmware: MV.R Max speed: n/a Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	96.3% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 173 Mixed 130 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.32 66% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 132%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAA Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 72.8 Write 74.3 Mixed 73.3 55% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 54%
Seagate ST316081 2AS P 160GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 104GB free Firmware: 3.BQ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2639 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 12997767276 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2745 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 47 672661544 (C2) HDA temperature 40 53 60129542184 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 48 41796918 (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	37.5% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 67 Mixed 63.8 49% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.43 92% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 37%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 37GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72% Very good	Read 243 Write 9.06 Mixed 37.1 78% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 1.35 443% 7.66 MB/s	DQ Read 12.4 DQ Write 11.6 DQ Mixed 4.75 602% 9.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-033.A 2x8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 12.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 48%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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