Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.65% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	1.5 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	Aug 31 '22 at 23:57
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Memory 56.1 1-Core 53.2 2-Core 101 42% 70 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 150 20% 148 Pts	64-Core 153 9% 153 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.6% 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)	1.65% Terrible	Lighting 1.9 Reflection 3.9 Parallax 0.3 2% 2.03 fps	MRender 2.9 Gravity 2 Splatting 2 2% 2.3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.65% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 128GB 3,975 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW200326 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 370 Write 261 Mixed 235 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 20.5 4K Mixed 9.1 33% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 16.2 42% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 85%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 108GB free Firmware: 4.AAB SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 65 64 65 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 11.5 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 64.6 30% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 41%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 69GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 82 77 88 79 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 85.8 Write 61.6 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 81.2 88% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 51%
HP SSD 17TB 14.5TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 23 22 22 23 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 14.6 Write 19.8 Mixed 17.4 SusWrite 22.3 26% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.2 70% 1.35 MB/s

SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 1.2 8.4 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	6.58% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 1.5 Mixed 12 SusWrite 8.1 12% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 1.8 85% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.58% Great: 17%

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 way below expectations (18^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 8.7 21% 7.43 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 2.5 SC Mixed 5.9 11% 3.9 GB/s	Latency 140 29% 140 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 65%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16