Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.8% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '17 at 23:57
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 46.1 2-Core 85.8 48% 71.9 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 289 32% 255 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 91.1 54% 72 fps	MRender 57.9 Gravity 57.8 Splatting 75.7 54% 63.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 257 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 25 (A3) Unknown 100 100 246 (94) Unknown 100 100 59756 (95) Unknown 100 100 895 (96) Unknown 100 100 787 (97) Unknown 100 100 866 (A4) Unknown 100 100 19919 (A5) Unknown 100 100 57 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33123343663128 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 83317 (F2) Unknown 100 100 99947 (F5) Unknown 100 100 117646 (F6) Unknown 100 100 119512 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	46.8% Average	Read 330 Write 201 Mixed 176 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 10.6 68% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 45.4 DQ Mixed 11.8 16% 29.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 92%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 152GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 101 (03) Spinup time 174 172 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2754 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2162 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 413 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2342 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 31 (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 78122 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.8% Above average	Read 112 Write 85.1 Mixed 84.9 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.31 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 74GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4584 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1434 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 304 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30021 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 25 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.3% Average	Read 86.3 Write 78.3 Mixed 58.1 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 15.2 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.7 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 97%

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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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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) $37	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