Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '19 at 01:17
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 96.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 192 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 490 51% 409 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 80.7 67% 82.1 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 67.2 60% 74 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 176 155 190 212 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 352 Write 218 Mixed 256 SusWrite 177 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 39.9 126% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 160 133% 193 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$79 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 151GB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 89 76 73 70 107 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 115 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 88 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 75%
Generic S400 HARD DRIVE 4TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 45GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 119 150 170 118 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 96.6 Write 89.9 Mixed 47.1 SusWrite 132 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 102%

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 (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 14 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 16 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 97%

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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 22%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3

CPU
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	139x
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	128x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	31x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	16x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	111x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	95x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	78x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $187

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16