Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.7% 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	27.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '21 at 22:30
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 77.7 1-Core 66.2 2-Core 103 53% 82.3 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 185 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 183 11% 183 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E244) 1GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 19.1 Reflection 20.4 Parallax 25.3 16% 21.6 fps	MRender 15.6 Gravity 18.9 Splatting 13.8 13% 16.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 123 120 130 127 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.8% Poor	Read 194 Write 88.1 Mixed 77.9 SusWrite 122 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 9.9 39% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 10 DQ Write 14.8 DQ Mixed 12.9 10% 12.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 125 122 130 127 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 176 Write 163 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 124 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 483GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 28 Write 27.4 Mixed 23.6 SusWrite 29.9 37% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 50: 5R 5G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
50%	13%	158	136	86	60	21.5"	1920 1080	GSM59D9 22EN43

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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 $57Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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