Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	40% 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	28.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '20 at 04:41
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th 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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 22.8 2-Core 41.9 33% 44.3 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 392 35% 297 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40% Below average	Lighting 40.1 Reflection 51.4 Parallax 65.1 33% 52.2 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 66.8 54% 66 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 54 52 52 50 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 128 Write 59 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 52.2 18% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 15.7 62% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 52.1 DQ Mixed 27.3 24% 34.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 300GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 55 57 53 51 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 93 Write 79.3 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 53.7 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 520GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 93 90 94 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 109 Write 108 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 92.2 71% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 7.3 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 61%

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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 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	109x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	62x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	94x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	93x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	61x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $37	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