Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	69.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '20 at 01:23
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 129 61% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 320 37% 289 Pts	64-Core 320 20% 320 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% PNY(196E 1325) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.3% Good	Lighting 89.8 Reflection 78 Parallax 64.3 73% 77.4 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 79 Splatting 76.6 62% 75.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 668GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 362 349 391 413 412 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 418 Mixed 400 SusWrite 380 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 52.1 171% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 216 157% 209 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 929GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 123 125 125 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 108 Write 63.8 Mixed 107 SusWrite 122 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 3.4 508% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 70%
USB3.0 USB DISK 3.0 126GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 117GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 1.6 1.6 3.9 0.6 9.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	3.83% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 4.5 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 3.2 12% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.8 34% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.83% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 1x8GB 263 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 10.3 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 32%

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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	230x
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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16