Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 12:48
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 143 61% 100 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 328 36% 286 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 25.4 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 32.1 21% 27.3 fps	MRender 34.1 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 25.8 24% 30.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 414 Write 396 Mixed 283 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 22.9 105% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 93.9 DQ Mixed 24.2 30% 51 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	62% Good	Read 107 Write 109 Mixed 74.3 72% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.21 100% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 548GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 103 Mixed 79.9 70% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.22 59% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 188GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 54.1 Write 53.6 Mixed 40.4 37% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.42 116% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 65%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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