Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 54.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	24.7% 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	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '16 at 08:11
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Memory 69.1 1-Core 61.9 2-Core 109 49% 80.1 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 298 33% 260 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E271) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Lighting 31.6 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 44 26% 35 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 25.8 Splatting 31.3 23% 27.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2664 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 396 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38680330557 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 80 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 717 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 55 236224577573 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 386550792282 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2085 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6518 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5493 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4103 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.7% Average	Read 356 Write 229 Mixed 224 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 12.4 55% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 62.9 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 12.7 24% 48 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 108%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 425GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 182 5216 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8244 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2263 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8115 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.9% Average	Read 82.2 Write 91.2 Mixed 84.2 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.26 107% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 180GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 108 83 7566 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5142 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4292 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 387 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 770811 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 204 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 27 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 186 180 2918	36.4% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 60 Mixed 77.8 52% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET 2x8GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 9.4 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 53%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P - $300

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	230x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	225x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	147x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	46x
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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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $645

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16