Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. 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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	118% 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 Drive	95.7% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 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	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 01:01
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th 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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 143 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 423 44% 351 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2281) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 182 Parallax 219 109% 179 fps	MRender 235 Gravity 191 Splatting 133 146% 186 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 301 253 307 211 268 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 213 Mixed 440 SusWrite 267 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 48.4 158% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 13.7 69% 160 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 177 176 178 178 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 161 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 176 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 186 188 187 186 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 149 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 184 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2x8GB 1,351 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.8% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.67 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 55%

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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 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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

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