Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.4% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 19:10
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	8%

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 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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 95.1 52% 77.6 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 189 25% 190 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Nvidia(10DE 0969) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 301.42 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.4% Below average	Lighting 37.5 Reflection 37.4 Parallax 42.5 31% 39.1 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 45 Splatting 34.9 30% 36.9 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 0 (03) Spinup time 92 80 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2908 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14093447 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 53484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 534 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 555221025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3003 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 3 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49190260473523 (F1) Unknown 100 253 939432979 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3865127461	72.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 120 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.72 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 75%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 188 6358 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10113 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15759 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4916 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1063 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 129324 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 90.6 Mixed 86 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 54%
WD 10EAVS External 1TB 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 275GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 31.4 Mixed 22.2 36% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.26 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 DDR3 2x4GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.6% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 7.4 23% 7.93 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 6.6 20% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 53%

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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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