Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	111% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '24 at 16:53
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 77.4 1-Core 59.7 2-Core 118 53% 85 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 328 33% 270 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 140 Parallax 139 116% 140 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 128 Splatting 112 111% 140 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMJ1.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 347 Write 308 Mixed 71.4 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 7.9 49% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 51.3 DQ Write 19.7 DQ Mixed 19.9 19% 30.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 95%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 22GB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 208 221 240 246 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 336 Write 326 Mixed 310 SusWrite 229 68% 300 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 18.7 78% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 37.9 DQ Mixed 77.8 75% 125 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 125%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 218GB free Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 301 322 352 352 341 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 795 Write 527 Mixed 619 SusWrite 329 127% 567 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 14.2 4K Mixed 19 86% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 31.1 DQ Mixed 61.4 78% 149 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 365%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 928GB free Firmware: MA0D SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 95 96 97 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	27.3% Poor	Read 0.7 Write 93.3 Mixed 1 SusWrite 93.9 34% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 60%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$22 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 553GB free Firmware: GA0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 161 162 167 170 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 133 Write 128 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 161 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 10.7 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 61%

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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	65	52	60	23.8"	1280 720	LEN60C8 LEN T2424pA

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	109x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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	20x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	94x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	93x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	61x

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Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16