Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 21:12
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 103 60% 90.4 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 471 45% 373 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.6% Average	Lighting 56.9 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 59.4 46% 61 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 59.6 Splatting 54.4 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 325 Write 198 Mixed 238 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 35.7 130% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 138 122% 185 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 395GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 110 111 108 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 109 68% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 163GB free Firmware: GKAOA74A SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 64 64 64 65 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 69.2 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 63.9 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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