Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.5% 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	86.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '16 at 08:49
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 74 2-Core 150 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 459 46% 375 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 44.6 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 55.1 36% 44 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 40.1 31% 37.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5035 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2728 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 795 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7494258186	86.8% Excellent	Read 485 Write 384 Mixed 401 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 31.6 129% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 91 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 46.3 52% 86.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 870GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1124 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1124 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 938 (C2) HDA temperature 121 96 22 (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	107% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 175 Mixed 156 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.93 4K Mixed 0.38 145% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 346GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1293 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1293 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1089 (C2) HDA temperature 121 98 22 (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	83.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 140 Mixed 105 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.32 113% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 18 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 57%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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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Total price: $645

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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