Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	42.4% 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	68% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 02:06
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 144 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 388 40% 320 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.4% Average	Lighting 50.5 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 56.1 41% 54.7 fps	MRender 66.1 Gravity 55 Splatting 47.1 45% 56.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 121 148 155 146 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 329 Write 200 Mixed 236 SusWrite 147 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 33.6 118% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 133 119% 183 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 110 111 111 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 110 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 100GB free Firmware: GKAOA74A SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 67 69 68 68 70 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 60.2 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 68.8 42% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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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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