Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	136% 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	71% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '22 at 02:04
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 75.9 2-Core 145 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 446 44% 360 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 405E) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 176 Parallax 167 158% 179 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 140 Splatting 120 119% 149 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Z400s 2.5 7MM 256GB 1,730 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2327012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 246 316 319 320 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 459 Write 315 Mixed 239 SusWrite 282 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 14.6 93% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 80.7 92% 155 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 80%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 384GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 74 76 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 90 Write 87 Mixed 62 SusWrite 75.5 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 69%
WD WD40EFZX-68AWUN0 4TB 1,814 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.00B81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 148 158 164 163 164 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 154 Mixed 128 SusWrite 156 112% 151 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 269% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B88G0N F3-1866C9-4GA Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1 F3-1866C9-4GA 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.7% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 14.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 47%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	229x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	224x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 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: 39% - Below average

Total price: $645

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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