Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	70.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '23 at 15:54
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 64.1 2-Core 104 55% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 298 30% 244 Pts	64-Core 308 19% 308 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1348) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.6% Very good	Lighting 88 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 80.4 72% 85.1 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 77.9 Splatting 69.2 68% 86.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst Elite 120GB 2,148 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: HCS1C16F SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 64 37 29 158 197 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 429 Write 345 Mixed 257 SusWrite 117 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 9.5 92% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 15.5 52% 111 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 111GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 167 148 149 148 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 266 Write 346 Mixed 285 SusWrite 170 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 31.7 104% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 40.5 34% 47 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0- 1x8GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 8.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 9.4 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 32%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	57	60	23"	1920 1080	ACR0504 R231

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P - $300

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	230x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	225x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	147x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	48x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x
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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Total price: $549

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16