Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	41.1% 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	43.2% 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 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110517
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 20:09
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 49.8 2-Core 98.9 49% 76.5 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 172 25% 182 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Lighting 52.5 Reflection 53.3 Parallax 62.3 43% 56.1 fps	MRender 52.5 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 40.7 38% 47 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21036 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3506 (B1) Unknown 84 84 574 (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 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 60 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38844786248	43.2% Average	Read 362 Write 155 Mixed 141 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 34.1 4K Mixed 10.7 62% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 31.1 DQ Mixed 9.81 12% 21 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 892GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82619929 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3959 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 28 27 35167197651171 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3985 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 38655819836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 41 120965234721 (C2) HDA temperature 33 59 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 16 82619929 (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 56075093042000 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1333029949 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3918756362	67.6% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 80.8 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.47 112% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 369GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 54 9244 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12850 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22802 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4258 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 14462 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 51 210453987368 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 93 93 4194 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 995 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 7 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12882	69.2% Good	Read 115 Write 126 Mixed 81 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.63 150% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 169GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 17 10089 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13374 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10582 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3861 (B5) Unknown 100 100 50000 (BF) G-sense error rate 92 92 81150 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 45 240518496288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 11900 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 4 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 13389	48.1% Average	Read 76.9 Write 90.5 Mixed 59.6 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.5% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 6.4 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 21%

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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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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) $30	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