Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive95.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970A-UD3  (all builds)
Memory8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130116
Uptime2.3 Days
Run DateNov 14 '18 at 06:46
Run Duration150 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th 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 way above expectations (100th percentile)
70.7% Very good
Memory 92
1-Core 71.4
2-Core 142
63% 102 Pts
4-Core 268
8-Core 425
43% 346 Pts
64-Core 429
27% 429 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 70.7%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 150
Parallax 139
106% 139 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 136
Splatting 109
97% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X6107000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 291 323 368 378 375 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
95.1% Outstanding
Read 451
Write 348
Mixed 236
SusWrite 339
77% 343 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 76.8
4K Mixed 40.6
147% 51.1 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 234
179% 244 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 95.1%
Great: 119%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 142 139 140 138 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Read 141
Write 140
Mixed 126
SusWrite 140
102% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 101%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 138 138 138 140 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Read 140
Write 120
Mixed 85
SusWrite 137
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
48.6% Average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 14.8
MC Mixed 17.6
49% 17.3 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 8.3
SC Mixed 12.9
30% 10.4 GB/s
Latency 64.1
62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 55%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-970A-UD3 Builds (Compare 501 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $517
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