Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	49.7% 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	52.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '16 at 22:37
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 84.8 1-Core 60.8 2-Core 116 55% 87.2 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 237 28% 217 Pts	64-Core 257 16% 257 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2977) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.7% Average	Lighting 63 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 63.1 51% 63.9 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 52.3 47% 57.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apotop S3C 128GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (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 100 100 838 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 627 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 122763 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 70218 (A5) Unknown 100 100 124 (A6) Unknown 100 100 23 (A7) Unknown 100 100 69 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 19 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 151602 (F2) Unknown 100 100 196769	52.3% Above average	Read 402 Write 143 Mixed 183 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 15.5 87% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 14.1 19% 34 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 623GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2518320 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81347637 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 920 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032847 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 58 90581499927 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35451 (C2) HDA temperature 23 42 -140737488355305 (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 -135875585370216 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19763794147 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21567001886	93.7% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 176 Mixed 63.3 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.37 90% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 27GB free, PID 5575 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 13.8 Mixed 10.6 18% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.01 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 1.34 114% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,734 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.1 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 97%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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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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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