Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.5% 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	66.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	35.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 23:48
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 63.9 2-Core 121 59% 92.3 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 316 34% 269 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.5% Below average	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 52.9 33% 41.4 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 41.4 Splatting 23.7 25% 31.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7b SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 157 162 161 159 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 365 Write 255 Mixed 254 SusWrite 161 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 28.8 107% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 143 125% 185 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 241GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 153 179 180 180 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 144 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 174 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 7,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 50%

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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 20%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	229x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	224x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	46x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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