Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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	6.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 10 '21 at 14:33
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 77.4 1-Core 23.4 2-Core 68.2 39% 56.3 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 404 35% 300 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% PNY(196E 0797) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.95 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.07% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 1.1 Parallax 0.3 1% 0.87 fps	MRender 2.3 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 1.8 1% 1.5 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.07% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 282 294 251 233 216 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 383 Write 237 Mixed 327 SusWrite 258 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 19.3 67% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 137 121% 181 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 99%
iXpand Flash Drive 32GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 27GB free, PID cffb Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 18 18 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 27 Write 16.2 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 18.2 26% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.8 122% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 28%
WD My Passport 083A 1TB 1,797 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 107GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 97 97 100 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 92.2 Write 95.5 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 97.4 116% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 166GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 91 87 91 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 92.2 Write 94.1 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 87.9 111% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4 1333EL Series F3-14900CL9-4 1333EL Series 12GB 800, 533, 800, 533 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.7% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 13.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.3 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns

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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%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	230x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	225x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	147x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	48x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x
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: 60% - Good

Total price: $549

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16