Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	53.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 20:14
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 84.4 1-Core 58.7 2-Core 90.1 52% 77.7 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 251 28% 218 Pts	64-Core 244 15% 244 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 347.25 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 72.4 Parallax 65.2 53% 67.6 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 58.6 54% 66.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 119GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 148 148 149 150 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 372 Write 329 Mixed 245 SusWrite 140 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 32.7 118% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 79.1 DQ Mixed 37.2 33% 48.8 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 110%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 102 Write 114 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 0.2 55% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 84%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 195GB free Firmware: 10.02E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 0.7 Write 1.5 SusWrite 0.4 1% 0.87 MB/s	4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 247% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 35%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 148 148 148 150 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 132 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 140 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 83%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 206GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 67 Write 67.2 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 69.6 82% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 10 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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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Total price: $517

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) $32	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