Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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.
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 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	29.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 22 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '18 at 05:43
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Memory 75 1-Core 46.9 2-Core 82.1 45% 68 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 224 22% 177 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2956) 2GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 37.7 Reflection 33.6 Parallax 34.3 31% 35.2 fps	MRender 35.7 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 32.8 28% 33.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 640GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 223 223 216 224 250 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 292 Write 260 Mixed 251 SusWrite 217 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 10 45% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 60.5 DQ Mixed 40.6 32% 43.9 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 193 123 122 114 111 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.2% Below average	Read 223 Write 256 Mixed 216 SusWrite 138 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 21.2 4K Mixed 18.5 56% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 56.7 DQ Mixed 39.4 31% 42.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 38GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 61 55 59 61 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 56.8 Write 48.7 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 59 37% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 69%
ST2000LX001-1RG1 2TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1TB free, PID 1068 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 24 23 24 24 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 17.2 Write 23.8 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 23.4 30% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 68% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 22GB 1,271 User benchmarks, average bench 38% null MHz 8192, 8192, 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	38.3% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.6 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16