Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.8% 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	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 00:08
Run Duration	521 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (47^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 76.6 2-Core 144 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 476 44% 369 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Lighting 26.5 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 38 22% 33.2 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 26.4 Splatting 41.9 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8665924478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 99883759452855 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 251 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 45 85902295073 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 85902295073 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 110 110 8665924478 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 110 110 8665924478 (CC) Soft ECC correction 110 110 8665924478 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21614 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8648 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8648 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8243 (F4) Unknown 95 95 196804770	51.8% Above average	Read 436 Write 116 Mixed 158 51% 237 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 10 80% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 87.9 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 21.8 39% 75 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 581GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112127448 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1092 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 139806800 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1099 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 96 96 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 60 49 757465128 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1477 (C2) HDA temperature 40 51 60129542184 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -16290810947809 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29158956522 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61499927909	77.8% Very good	Read 117 Write 153 Mixed 123 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.67 209% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 312GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 58916480 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3331 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 270724289 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2578 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 18 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 706871332 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1663 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65833 (C2) HDA temperature 36 51 85899345956 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 171 2898 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72219875103365 (F1) Unknown 100 253 80201996617 (F2) Unknown 100 253 122270411103	84% Excellent	Read 127 Write 165 Mixed 114 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.47 4K Mixed 0.54 185% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 210GB free Firmware: CC96 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 126 99 1289255096 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32577479 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 376 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 343602626651 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 61 38 2706553241639 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12704 (C2) HDA temperature 39 62 60129542183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 126 99 1289255096 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 132151848735823 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3468733627 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1800109128	45.7% Average	Read 96.8 Write 62.8 Mixed 102 66% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.12 41% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 74%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 36GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 1840 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8567 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 48878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2656 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 39 (B8) Unknown 1 1 299 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 1 639696929 (C2) HDA temperature 65 57 656474147 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 56132 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 64 1501 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	34.6% Below average	Read 61.4 Write 58.7 Mixed 47.5 42% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 59%
Kingston DT microDuo 3C 64GB 739 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 58GB free, PID 16ae Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	7.42% Terrible	Read 30.4 Write 7.91 Mixed 11.7 17% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.06 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 21% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.42% Great: 28%
Generic Flash Disk 127GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 20GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	3.66% Terrible	Read 12.6 Write 4.44 Mixed 4.64 8% 7.21 MB/s	4K Read 3.67 4K Write 0.001 4K Mixed 0.002 14% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.66% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	32% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 10 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 67%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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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Value: 80% - Very good

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