Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '22 at 16:33
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$344 25,375 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 85.6 2-Core 147 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 483 47% 378 Pts	64-Core 493 33% 493 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 370,099 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1564 MHz, MLim: 1760 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 48.1 Parallax 42.8 38% 45.9 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 37.6 34% 39.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 543,690 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 476GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 346 365 345 350 350 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 360 Write 379 Mixed 322 SusWrite 330 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 43 140% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 38.2 DQ Write 89.7 DQ Mixed 51.4 43% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 135%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$101 35,505 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 626GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 361 383 376 375 376 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 394 Mixed 338 SusWrite 352 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 47.8 156% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.2 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 58.9 48% 65.7 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 36,383 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 22: 2R 3G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
22%	27%	30	327	258	60	20"	1600 900	DELF018 DELL ST2010

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 67%, 330,237 samples	747x
FX-6300AMD $80Bench 61%, 264,691 samples	354x
FX-6100AMD $54Bench 58%, 42,693 samples	313x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 967,143 samples	150x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,449,936 samples	142x
GTX 970Nvidia $125Bench 50%, 823,201 samples	139x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 715,782 samples	96x
A400 240GBKingston $29Bench 68%, 368,669 samples	94x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $89Bench 105%, 890,237 samples	88x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 411,145 samples	685x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 103,464 samples	540x
2x8GBUnknownBench 61%, 223,669 samples	337x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $280	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $111
Intel Core i7-12700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16