Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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.
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 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '13 at 16:15
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 147 2-Core 255 93% 201 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 362 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 39% Great: 58%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Disk drive 60GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 6GB free Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 164 Write 56.1 Mixed 99.9 23% 107 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 5.43 71% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 11.5 18% 33.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 37%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 6GB free Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 357 Write 110 Mixed 136 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 4.48 60% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 6.81 18% 37.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 65%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 69GB free Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 2852933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 136459700931932 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1852 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2852933 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2852933 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2852933 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 711 (EA) Unknown 0 0 725 (F1) Unknown 0 0 725 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1014	51.6% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 89.9 Mixed 30.3 51% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.26 79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 58%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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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Total price: $517

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 $45	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

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

PC Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)