Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	15.3% 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	67.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130128
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 20:32
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing way below expectations (5^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 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Memory 64.9 1-Core 45 2-Core 84.7 41% 64.9 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 222 23% 186 Pts	64-Core 230 14% 230 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% XFX(1682 3255) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 19.4 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 24 16% 19.7 fps	MRender 14.9 Gravity 17.3 Splatting 19.3 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 7678 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 666 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 171 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2583 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1177 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 44 36 274878824504 (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 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23081547845 (F7) Unknown 100 100 721781993 (F8) Unknown 100 100 945133845	67.2% Good	Read 495 Write 362 Mixed 393 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 17.9 73% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 75.7 DQ Write 66.7 DQ Mixed 11.2 25% 51.2 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 128GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 128 122 6591 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2270 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1537 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1354863 (C2) HDA temperature 89 78 58 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.3% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 56.8 Mixed 46.7 40% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.15 38% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 KHX2400C11D3/ KHX1600C9D3/4 KHX2400C11D3/ 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.7% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.1 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 44%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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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Total price: $517

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