Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 52%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.23% 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	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 24 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '22 at 14:40
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 68.8 1-Core 51.7 2-Core 99.6 46% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 306 30% 248 Pts	64-Core 284 18% 284 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83BE) 1GB CLim: 910 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	8.23% Terrible	Lighting 9.4 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 2.6 8% 8.6 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 10.8 Splatting 10 9% 11.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.23% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 141 143 143 130 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 303 Write 207 Mixed 221 SusWrite 141 49% 218 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 27.4 95% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 151 121% 168 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 710GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 135 137 133 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 143 Write 140 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 134 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	39.3% Below average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.3 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 65%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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