Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	88.9% 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	88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 05:57
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 79.5 1-Core 48.5 2-Core 108 50% 78.8 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 280 29% 233 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 117 Parallax 134 83% 118 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 110 Splatting 98.3 101% 128 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 900GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 372 394 386 435 431 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 454 Write 430 Mixed 272 SusWrite 389 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 37.1 119% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 147 127% 191 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 274GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 132 133 133 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 113 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 133 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 99 99 98 99 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 104 Write 91.7 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 98.3 119% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 1,467 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.3% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 7.8 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 51%

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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%

Destroyer

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	230x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	224x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	147x

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: $645

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16