Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.7% 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	29.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 20:44
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 144 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 381 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 49.4 Reflection 46.3 Parallax 41.2 40% 45.6 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 38 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0627A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 128 144 80 127 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 266 Write 334 Mixed 297 SusWrite 118 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 0.7 40% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 8 DQ Mixed 3.8 6% 11.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 83%
Seagate FreeAgent 500GB 796 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 41GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 28 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 27.3 Write 29 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 28.5 36% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 20%

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 (77^th percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.7% 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%

Battle cruiser

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	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	22x

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

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	94x
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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16