Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 18:43
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 69.9 1-Core 49.6 2-Core 94.6 45% 71.4 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 173 24% 176 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 220 1,709 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 5220) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.05% Terrible	Lighting 1.27 Reflection 1.69 Parallax 1.59 1% 1.52 fps	MRender 1.62 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.32 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.05% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 106 108 113 111 95 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 159 Write 140 Mixed 148 SusWrite 108 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 27.8 106% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 139 110% 153 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 104 105 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.2 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 104 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 67%

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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 7.4 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 2.8 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.6 13% 4.67 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.2% 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 $178	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