Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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.
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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 13:42
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 58.7 2-Core 128 58% 92.7 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 294 31% 249 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 162 Parallax 198 90% 157 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 181 Splatting 131 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 256GB-$150 2,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 59GB free Firmware: 2.0. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9115 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2685 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 48 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 160 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 275 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6449464130 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16775610367	28.4% Poor	Read 427 Write 23.8 Mixed 31.6 34% 161 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 4.55 4K Mixed 4.98 34% 8.76 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 54%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2571 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 936 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10298324195	55.1% Above average	Read 288 Write 301 Mixed 265 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 15.2 79% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 58.4 DQ Mixed 16.9 21% 35.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 115%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 163 6691 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5974 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2840 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 96173 (C2) HDA temperature 121 112 29 (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	70% Good	Read 131 Write 113 Mixed 113 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.15 79% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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Total price: $517

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