Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121220
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 09:13
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 90 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 144 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 443 42% 350 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 78.2 55% 68.4 fps	MRender 56.7 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 76.1 52% 62 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3942 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 387 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 524 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114165 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 71 53 201864052765 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4555 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3508 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8841 (F4) Unknown 100 100 17 (F5) Unknown 100 100 53 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1187136	72.9% Very good	Read 482 Write 462 Mixed 472 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 9.36 64% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 10.6 47% 106 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 98GB free 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 98 98 5057 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 699 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 74 44 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6380565887	70.6% Very good	Read 475 Write 229 Mixed 401 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 21.2 119% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 98.3 DQ Mixed 63.3 49% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 98GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8983 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1046 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 73 49 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 91 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9727107422	78.4% Very good	Read 465 Write 342 Mixed 339 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 20.9 112% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 17 44% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 126%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 833GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 167 6358 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5324 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1135 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 53100 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 28 (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	77.2% Very good	Read 142 Write 127 Mixed 118 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 83%

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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 65%

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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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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