Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.4% 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	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 17:05
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 84 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 148 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 442 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 37.1 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 49 30% 39.9 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 38.7 28% 33.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 19688 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 246 (AE) Unknown 100 100 116 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2583 (B7) Unknown 100 100 118 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 52 206159937569 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 26515051972 (F7) Unknown 100 100 831974035 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1481814227	59.2% Above average	Read 311 Write 319 Mixed 185 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 16 84% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 16.3 23% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 137456544 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 581861 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4376 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 90194313245 (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 111759344011188 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2775478836 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4585770632	105% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 189 Mixed 159 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137527464 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12485110 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19590 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40618 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77309411355 (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 -28467043222056 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9021715765 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17489650737	80.3% Excellent	Read 139 Write 141 Mixed 137 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 114%
Generic Storage Device 1.5TB 575GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.5% Below average	Read 88.7 Write 89.1 Mixed 21.7 79% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.47 74% 0.95 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1866C9-8GS F3-14900CL9-4 F3-1866C9-8GS F3-14900CL9-4 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.1 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 44%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	229x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	224x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

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: $655

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