Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics75.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970A-UD3P  (all builds)
Memory8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130806
Uptime7.3 Days
Run DateJan 20 '18 at 19:19
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User MLT-User
Background CPU 34%

 PC Performing below expectations (37th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
62.8% Good
Memory 82.7
1-Core 70.7
2-Core 138
59% 97.3 Pts
4-Core 233
8-Core 391
38% 312 Pts
64-Core 347
22% 347 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 62.8%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.6% Very good
Lighting 98.3
Reflection 110
Parallax 93.3
80% 100 fps
MRender 81.6
Gravity 83.6
Splatting 80.3
67% 81.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
81.8% Excellent
Read 140
Write 145
Mixed 129
104% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 1.72
4K Mixed 0.19
78% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
73GB free
Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
70.6% Very good
Read 122
Write 124
Mixed 114
90% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.65
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.27
83% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83
212GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 93.7
Write 110
Mixed 121
82% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.55
4K Write 2.39
4K Mixed 0.56
130% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
26.3% Poor
MC Read 8.9
MC Write 8.4
MC Mixed 7.8
24% 8.37 GB/s
SC Read 7.5
SC Write 6.7
SC Mixed 7.6
21% 7.27 GB/s
Latency 75.7
53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 26%
This bench: 26.3%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-970A-UD3P Builds (Compare 818 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 39% - Below average Total price: $645
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