Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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	36.7% 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	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 18:51
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 132 60% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 439 41% 343 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 47.9 Reflection 34.1 Parallax 58.2 39% 46.7 fps	MRender 31.9 Gravity 42 Splatting 42.3 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS9006B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 323 175 70 72 67 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 453 Write 151 Mixed 318 SusWrite 158 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 32.3 133% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 174 150% 223 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 809GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 50 51 52 46 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 11.3 Write 58.8 Mixed 29 SusWrite 49.7 28% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 69% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 52GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 91 90 85 66 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 129 Write 61.7 Mixed 10.8 SusWrite 73.9 80% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.3 109% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 4,786 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 47%

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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%

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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