Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.7% 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	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 21:27
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core-$81 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	51.6% Above average	Memory 74.4 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 122 54% 88.6 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 201 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 45.9 28% 37.5 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 36.7 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128S3C 128GB 3,097 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 49 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12 (F1) Unknown 100 100 148 (F2) Unknown 100 100 103	36.3% Below average	Read 256 Write 97.7 Mixed 141 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 15 62% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 16.1 DQ Write 43.5 DQ Mixed 44.6 30% 34.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 92%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 647GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9390 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1637 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10264 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1517 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 85 55 252641295 (C2) HDA temperature 82 51 302972946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 265767 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	26.7% Poor	Read 45.4 Write 47.5 Mixed 52.5 37% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.21 51% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 58%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 379GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3090 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1155 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11131 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 704 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 150 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 86 72 235798542 (C2) HDA temperature 83 71 286130193 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 180828 (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 100 100 147 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	60.1% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 90.8 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 59%

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 as expected (54^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10.9 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 91.6 44% 91.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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