Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
Boot Drive	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '15 at 20:24
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 73 2-Core 137 48% 105 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 488 45% 376 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 48% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1368 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (AF) Unknown 100 100 34369700475 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 72 471334940 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 13029 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 19 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13029 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4417	68.6% Good	Read 357 Write 363 Mixed 197 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 18.8 100% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 92 DQ Mixed 18.9 26% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 81 (03) Spinup time 155 128 3233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 349 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 279 (C2) HDA temperature 111 99 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	67.8% Good	Read 116 Write 120 Mixed 65.4 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.33 101% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 69%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 12GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	4.47% Terrible	Read 20.9 Write 5.8 Mixed 6.93 11% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.001 4K Mixed 0.001 3% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.47% Great: 9%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)