Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	51.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '19 at 01:04
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (49^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 65.5 2-Core 136 60% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 404 40% 326 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 120GB 964 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0824C SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 80 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 450 Write 84 Mixed 128 SusWrite 80.7 40% 186 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 24.8 88% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 39.9 DQ Mixed 25.3 21% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 90%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 252GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 110 107 116 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 175 Write 154 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 111 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 54%

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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 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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: $655

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