Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.3% 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	51.2% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 19:46
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 83.9 1-Core 51.2 2-Core 100 51% 78.5 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 278 29% 232 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% XFX(1682 3250) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.3.1 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.3% Poor	Lighting 29.4 Reflection 26.7 Parallax 35.7 24% 30.6 fps	MRender 23.8 Gravity 25 Splatting 30.6 22% 26.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16947 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3417 (B1) Unknown 84 84 186 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 25 (EB) Unknown 99 99 336 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34931996234	51.2% Above average	Read 480 Write 111 Mixed 151 53% 247 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 9.58 61% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 25.4 58% 123 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 359GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7957 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16092 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2990 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7729 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 36 (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	69.7% Good	Read 135 Write 108 Mixed 24.4 65% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.27 95% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 76%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 300GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 316 (03) Spinup time 231 228 8425 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19654 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 34161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6757 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1836 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19649 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 194 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 194 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 0	51.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 78.6 Mixed 91 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.51 137% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 650GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 19.9 Mixed 21.1 27% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 745 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.3% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 8.4 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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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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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