Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	30.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 09:03
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 85.6 1-Core 46.6 2-Core 90.7 49% 74.3 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 188 25% 184 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 8A90) ≥ 4GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.53% Terrible	Lighting 4.43 Reflection 5.31 Parallax 1.25 4% 3.66 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 4.67 Splatting 3.22 3% 4.25 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.53% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Pyro 60GB-$125 630 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 7788955 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -57243324117416 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3470 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 121 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 73017720868 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7788955 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7788955 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7788955 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8544 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12232 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12232 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13005	30.7% Below average	Read 190 Write 66.1 Mixed 104 26% 120 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 6.6 61% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 65.5 DQ Mixed 6.62 15% 29.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 106GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85547226 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4803 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 8595440417 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3366 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 37 4295032938 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 588578851 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 21 85547226 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 43233140813456 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3425865015 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4052570556	51.7% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 90.7 Mixed 81.2 65% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.61 132% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-003.A 99U5474-025.A 99U5474-025.A 99U5471-003.A 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 533, 667, 667, 533 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.4% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 11.7 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 32%

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

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Desktop 65%

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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	225x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	147x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	48x
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	34x
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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16