Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.39% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.2% 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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110517
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '18 at 18:18
Run Duration	328 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 84.8 1-Core 47.5 2-Core 94.7 50% 75.7 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 190 26% 190 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E177) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.39% Terrible	Lighting 17.5 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 14.9 14% 15.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.39% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 92 102 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 289 Write 219 Mixed 236 SusWrite 104 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 34.2 112% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 40.5 34% 47.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 93%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 27.4 Write 27.5 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 27.5 20% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 632GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 109 111 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 113 Write 98.5 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 108 69% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 68%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 124 125 125 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 148 Write 138 Mixed 18.9 SusWrite 124 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.7 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.9 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 45%

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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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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