Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 05:53
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 148 66% 106 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 469 44% 367 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(174B E347) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2020 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Lighting 73.4 Reflection 69 Parallax 89.1 60% 77.1 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 73 Splatting 59.8 55% 68.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 231 221 160 139 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 470 Write 397 Mixed 395 SusWrite 204 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 28.8 134% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 49.3 87% 171 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 75GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 220 217 229 161 33 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.3% Below average	Read 178 Write 96.5 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 178 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 9.9 42% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 14.9 DQ Write 15.8 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,425 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 16.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 13.8 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 50%

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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%

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Workstation 18%

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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

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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