Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 61.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.2% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '17 at 16:54
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 66.1 2-Core 123 57% 91.2 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 273 31% 244 Pts	64-Core 272 17% 272 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 86% 110 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 102 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 21677796 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 72215580119101 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 985 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 18 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 38 68721967133 (C2) HDA temperature 29 38 68721967133 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21677796 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21677796 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21677796 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16744 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12747 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12747 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11559	59.2% Above average	Read 468 Write 197 Mixed 261 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 16.2 77% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 49.5 59% 100 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 821GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 63 8360540 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 218 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1361565 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 504561694 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 219 (C2) HDA temperature 30 18 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 8360540 (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 -137816910593846 (F1) Unknown 100 253 638321630 (F2) Unknown 100 253 987453324	112% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 193 Mixed 159 137% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.33 101% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 425GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40871752 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1941 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24331687 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 985 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 65 487784476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21109 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (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 98784249309 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14999685181 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1139130968726	88.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 160 Mixed 148 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SUPERTALENT02 4x4GB 565 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 15.1 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 93%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 16%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	230x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	227x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	50x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x
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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Total price: $549

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16