Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.6% 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	61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110831
Uptime	87.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 23:09
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 94 1-Core 68.2 2-Core 132 62% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 301 34% 268 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580); XFX GTS Black Edition RX 580 8GB OC+ 1425Mhz DDR5 3xDP HDMI DVI Graphic Cards RX-580P8DBD6 CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 71.3 Reflection 73.7 Parallax 88.9 58% 78 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 59 54% 66.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 256GB-$114 909 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th 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 6988 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14871 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 110 (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 18 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 69086 (F2) Unknown 100 100 74094 (F5) Unknown 100 100 118968	61.1% Good	Read 376 Write 288 Mixed 237 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 16.3 87% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 18.7 27% 47.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 98%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 779GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 86 (03) Spinup time 176 170 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1733 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1699 (C2) HDA temperature 121 114 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.2% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 93.9 Mixed 68.9 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.15 40% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 77%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 114GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 154 5125 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4566 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 73800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 247 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4566 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 189 189 1165 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 193 193 754 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 177 177 2950	52.5% Above average	Read 86 Write 96.7 Mixed 33.7 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.34 95% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 64GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 4458 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4612 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 21 21 58251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4486 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 27 (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	68.1% Good	Read 129 Write 108 Mixed 18.3 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 48GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1399 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 53419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1331 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	35.5% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 64 Mixed 26.4 37% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 74%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 65%

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