Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 19:47
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 76.1 2-Core 154 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 435 41% 341 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 85.7 Reflection 107 Parallax 227 70% 140 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 125 Splatting 155 109% 130 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 570 535 590 641 610 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 957 Write 629 Mixed 493 SusWrite 584 148% 666 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 45.8 120% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 421 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 383 277% 361 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 237%
Platinet SSD 240GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 32GB free Firmware: Q0606B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 149 153 67 22 37 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 370 Write 333 Mixed 231 SusWrite 73.3 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 9.5 54% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 83.6 DQ Mixed 0.9 16% 35 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 148 153 68 22 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 155 Write 152 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 73.4 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 107%

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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 65%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P - $300

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	229x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	224x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	46x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	27x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	43x
BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GBCrucialBench 43%, 4,102 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	20x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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