Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.64% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.3% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '22 at 21:48
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (40^th 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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 77 1-Core 40.6 2-Core 94.8 46% 70.8 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 148 20% 148 Pts	64-Core 149 9% 149 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Device(0000 0000) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 266 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	1.64% Terrible	Lighting 1.9 Reflection 3.7 Parallax 0.6 2% 2.07 fps	MRender 2.7 Gravity 2.1 Splatting 2 2% 2.27 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.64% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 128GB 3,975 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW200326 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 107 60 105 41 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 349 Write 313 Mixed 280 SusWrite 98.5 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 7.8 46% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 16.2 44% 93 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 85%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 105GB free Firmware: 4.AAB SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 66 67 66 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 62.9 Write 11.5 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 65.3 31% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 41%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 71GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 84 88 78 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 84 Write 59.9 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 81.8 91% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 51%
HP SSD 17TB 15.5TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.9 6.2 11 9.2 13 8.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 3.7 Write 1 SusWrite 8.1 6% 4.27 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.5 MB/s

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 below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 11 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 3.5 SC Mixed 9.1 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 65%

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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	64x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	47x

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	22x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	95x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	94x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	61x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16