Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 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	Feb 11 '20 at 14:07
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 168 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 428 45% 362 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.6% 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)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 79.2 66% 80.9 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 66.7 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 174 199 204 205 204 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 319 Write 183 Mixed 209 SusWrite 190 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 24.1 74% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 159 132% 191 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 551GB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 103 Write 111 Mixed 26 SusWrite 65.7 55% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 37GB free Firmware: CR100-11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 46 44 45 45 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 58.7 Write 63.2 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 44.8 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 44%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 669 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 90GB free, PID 2321 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 88 91 89 86 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	41% Average	Read 99.7 Write 100 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 87.6 112% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 114% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 43%

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 (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.5% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.5% 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 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	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