Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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. 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 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '20 at 15:36
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 143 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 430 39% 326 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 18 Parallax 21.2 19% 20.8 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 17.8 18% 22.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 12 12 19 19 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 325 Write 18.3 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 26.4 23% 108 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 17.1 4K Mixed 16.3 39% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 34.6 DQ Mixed 16.8 39% 85.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 448GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 143 139 143 144 144 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 153 Write 147 Mixed 122 SusWrite 136 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 109%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 924GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 27.7 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 28 33% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 33% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 4,751 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 53%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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: $645

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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