Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.8% 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	65.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '18 at 19:09
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.05 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 145 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 434 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 60.1 Parallax 77.6 53% 67.5 fps	MRender 59.8 Gravity 53.8 Splatting 75.5 53% 63 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 122 123 137 148 157 MB/s Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.1% Good	Read 279 Write 195 Mixed 224 SusWrite 134 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 30.8 118% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 120 116% 185 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 82%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$20 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 137GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 62 62 63 63 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 62 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 62 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$24 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 237GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 62 62 63 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 62.1 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 193% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 70%

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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.9% 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 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	109x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	64x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	47x

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	22x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	95x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	94x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	61x

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Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16