Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. 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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33% 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	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	May 06 '18 at 17:27
Run Duration	467 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 65.5 2-Core 124 58% 92.6 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 362 36% 294 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% MSI(1462 277C) 3GB CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 52.7 35% 42 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 38.1 30% 35.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 19GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22468 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 892 (A5) Unknown 100 100 636618 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 163 (AE) Unknown 100 100 995 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 42 210453856298 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 543 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1224 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22868461963 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6781060421	48.1% Average	Read 440 Write 297 Mixed 329 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 7.62 38% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 9.47 12% 21.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 56%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 211 100 2515 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1197 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6142 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6194 (A9) Unknown 100 100 38 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6150 (AE) Unknown 100 100 806 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 100 249108103215 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 205 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1180081 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11876 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9021	60.8% Good	Read 458 Write 352 Mixed 392 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 4.51 57% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 26 44% 86.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 450GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21496548 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2294 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 309676541 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1102 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 588840993 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 19 21496548 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 23789823896584 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2749494175 (F2) Unknown 100 253 149561287	40.3% Average	Read 69.6 Write 70.7 Mixed 66.3 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.48 98% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 68%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 23GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17882261 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1029 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 143482188 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 993 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555221025 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 30 17882261 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 19052474967371 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2609085095 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3613068851	32.5% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 56.4 Mixed 53 42% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.43 99% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 56%
JetFlash TS2GJFV30 2GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	5.26% Terrible	Read 18 Write 5.38 Mixed 1.38 8% 8.25 MB/s	4K Read 5.98 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.03 24% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.26% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 9.6 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 54%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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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Value: 39% - Below average

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