Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	107% 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.
Boot Drive	83.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '24 at 18:35
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 132 60% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 363 37% 302 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.52 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 146 Parallax 133 110% 138 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 124 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 480GB-$89 17,796 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: XD0R630B SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 323 384 391 390 391 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 415 Write 411 Mixed 354 SusWrite 347 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 33.9 120% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 175 136% 182 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow KC400 128GB-$75 747 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 85GB free Firmware: SAFM00.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 334 391 398 398 397 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 493 Write 408 Mixed 299 SusWrite 355 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 32.4 114% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 65.7 102% 192 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 106%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 185 185 185 185 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 169 Mixed 20.9 SusWrite 180 99% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT 4x4GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 14.2 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 103%

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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	71	60	60	23.8"	1280 720	HPN3431 HP 24w

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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	227x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	50x
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	35x
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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