Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.79% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '18 at 06:13
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 79.8 1-Core 61.9 2-Core 120 54% 87.3 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 348 33% 274 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8094) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.79% Terrible	Lighting 7.03 Reflection 8.46 Parallax 8.84 6% 8.11 fps	MRender 7.19 Gravity 6.23 Splatting 7.96 6% 7.13 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.79% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 149 51 79 17 98 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 517GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 136 150 151 150 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 147 Mixed 95.1 SusWrite 147 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 109%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 1,262 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 16 14 18 17 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 69.5 Write 120 Mixed 55 SusWrite 16.9 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 141 131 146 145 145 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 120 Mixed 67 SusWrite 142 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 102 106 105 110 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 178 Write 152 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 105 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 44 67 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 85.5 Write 142 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 62 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.6 211% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 50%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P - $300

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	229x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	224x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	46x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
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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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $645

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 $184	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) $35	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