Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	49.2% 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)
Boot Drive	53.1% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '19 at 18:36
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
AMD FX-8350-$130 247,167 User benchmarks, average bench 49% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	1-Core 58.3 2-Core 116 41% 87.1 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 281 32% 248 Pts	64-Core 316 21% 316 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$304 59,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Lighting 205 Reflection 160 Parallax 264 54% 210 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 179 Splatting 183 49% 164 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$60 18,135 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 311 247 254 342 342 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 259 Write 299 Mixed 184 SusWrite 290 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 19.9 75% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 64.4 DQ Mixed 33.4 29% 42.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 116%
WD Elements 25A3 3TB 606 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 162 162 164 163 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 160 Write 159 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 162 193% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 130% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS 4x4GB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.5 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 101%

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 40%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 49%, 247,167 samples	2,228x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 42%, 168,309 samples	2,209x
FX-8320AMD $163Bench 44%, 91,262 samples	1,511x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples	541x
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 512,504 samples	502x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 268,973 samples	482x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	450x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $70Bench 55%, 209,618 samples	354x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $97Bench 113%, 414,632 samples	171x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 47%, 5,955 samples	357x
BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GBCrucialBench 43%, 3,176 samples	331x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 42%, 5,192 samples	323x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $765

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24