Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.4% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '21 at 00:13
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 54.5 2-Core 106 49% 78.2 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 250 26% 211 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% HP(103C 83CC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 166 Parallax 171 98% 153 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 175 Splatting 119 113% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 266 287 222 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 427 Write 293 Mixed 261 SusWrite 233 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 23.3 77% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 167 142% 207 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 97%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$80 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 238GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 312 91 82 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	74% Very good	Read 431 Write 383 Mixed 380 SusWrite 143 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 36.1 118% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 216 171% 239 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14.6 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 61%

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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 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	109x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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	21x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	94x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	94x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	61x

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Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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