Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 51.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 17:26
Run Duration	394 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 59.7 2-Core 112 53% 83.8 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 145 19% 142 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 8408) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.96% Terrible	Lighting 2.43 Reflection 2.65 Parallax 1.75 2% 2.28 fps	MRender 2.62 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 2.09 2% 2.39 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.96% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 92 2612563 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4159 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 17746344923 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26905 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3894 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 258 (BC) Unknown 100 98 34360262703 (BD) vendor-specific 52 52 48 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 554893345 (C2) HDA temperature 33 55 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 37 2612563 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 35923106497769 (F1) Unknown 100 253 381339733 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2021493280	43.2% Average	Read 77.6 Write 72.8 Mixed 28.5 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 56%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88917042 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 275443781 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1718 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454230043 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 32 88917042 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.3% Good	Read 109 Write 101 Mixed 13.2 54% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.41 101% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178589351 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 134962587 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2246 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437518362 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 42949672986 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 51 178589351 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	55.7% Above average	Read 97 Write 97 Mixed 37.9 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.38 96% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 312GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 91 1512 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 119710296 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2217 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 395 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 22030647329 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 23 1512 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 22 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 22 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 128428112097312 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4062928475 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4149293349	58.3% Above average	Read 106 Write 97.6 Mixed 57.7 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.32 51% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 88%
Maxtor Basics Portable 1TB 132GB free, PID 7450 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.6% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 30 Mixed 18.3 32% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.17 14% 0.15 MB/s

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 (53^rd percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.4 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 65%

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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 $57Bench 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 $46

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