Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '21 at 16:00
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 56.6 2-Core 113 54% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 334 35% 280 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6790 4,043 User benchmarks, average bench 11% PwrHis(1787 200F) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 12.8 12% 13.9 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 10.4 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 100 116 81 121 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 457 Write 270 Mixed 122 SusWrite 112 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 31 99% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 174 145% 209 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 446GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 156 158 158 156 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 147 Write 123 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 156 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.33 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.5 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 97%

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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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Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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