Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.5% 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	68% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '16 at 22:49
Run Duration	351 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 60.1 2-Core 116 56% 88.6 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 262 31% 237 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 47 30% 39.4 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 31.9 Splatting 40 29% 34.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 240 100 496 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 985 (A6) Unknown 100 100 542 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 593 (A9) Unknown 100 100 33 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 573 (AE) Unknown 100 100 449 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 214748364837 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 19 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 126358 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3340 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4823	68% Good	Read 494 Write 351 Mixed 400 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 4.4 73% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 4.17 43% 101 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 86%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 39GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 126 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1988 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1669 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1814 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 49972 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 23 (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	53.2% Above average	Read 107 Write 77.7 Mixed 78.4 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.23 112% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 79%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 37GB free Firmware: GM2OA57A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 100 139 (03) Spinup time 105 100 17192583361 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12058 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 100 27 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 10796 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12113 (C2) HDA temperature 250 142 184684183576 (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 200 200 0	42.3% Average	Read 75.3 Write 71.9 Mixed 71.5 55% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 50%
WD My Passport 071A 250GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 111GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 27.6 Mixed 18 31% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.19 52% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	47.2% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 47%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	230x
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: $645

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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