Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 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 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 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	163% 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.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '23 at 15:26
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GLP-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 72.9 1-Core 46.8 2-Core 76 44% 65.2 Pts	4-Core 134 8-Core 133 18% 134 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,148 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Device(4D50 4449) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4975 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 211 Parallax 331 163% 247 fps	MRender 345 Gravity 260 Splatting 185 207% 264 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PC128HAFU-000 127GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 270 Write 159 Mixed 137 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 9.9 62% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 44.8 DQ Mixed 57.6 54% 87.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 47%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 2TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 188 215 198 199 180 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.7% Very poor	Read 43.6 Write 92.4 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 194 20% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 2.9 12% 5.47 MB/s	DQ Read 6.7 DQ Write 12.4 DQ Mixed 9.6 7% 9.57 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 123%
AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 1.5TB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 222 235 216 206 184 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 175 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 210 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.9 264% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 198%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,520 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.9% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.33 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 5.9 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 94.9 42% 94.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 38: 0P 5R 4G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
38%	14%	70	211	59	60	23.5"	1280 720	PHLC0D1 PHL 243V5

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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	230x
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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16