Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30% 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	65.5% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 20:36
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$125 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 137 62% 99 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 388 40% 323 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30% Below average	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 34 Parallax 45.9 31% 39.3 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 32 Splatting 38.7 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$31 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 493 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (A5) Unknown 100 100 433808408822 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 40 257698037802 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 352188891218 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 406 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2306 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1297 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1592 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.5% Good	Read 504 Write 416 Mixed 456 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 4.16 65% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 69.4 DQ Mixed 4.2 15% 32 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 730GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146483616 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2341 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30394554904 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3694 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65609 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 471400476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10385 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 51539607580 (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 -127959960643091 (F1) Unknown 100 253 74847001491 (F2) Unknown 100 253 92646993419	96.5% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 135 Mixed 128 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 5.55 4K Mixed 0.3 153% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 18 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 14 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	109x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	64x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	47x

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	22x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	95x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	94x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	61x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

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