Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

17 days ago, 17 days ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 11 '24 at 13:06
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T-$340 12,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 76.5 1-Core 50.5 2-Core 103 49% 76.7 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 232 26% 205 Pts	64-Core 248 15% 248 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 466GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 238 214 210 212 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 316 Write 280 Mixed 214 SusWrite 223 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 27.7 87% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 40.2 35% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 111%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 109 109 107 105 100 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 112 Write 120 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 103 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 10 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 7.5 16% 5.53 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 31: 0P 4R 2G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
31%	15%	72	103	14	60	0"	1280 720

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Gaming 21%

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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	64x
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	22x

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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16