Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.7% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '20 at 00:32
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 175 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 484 50% 400 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 79.8 66% 81.4 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 67.3 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 175 195 193 199 204 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 323 Write 179 Mixed 218 SusWrite 186 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 25 81% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 158 130% 188 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 254GB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 124 75 76 87 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 73 Write 75.5 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 101 50% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 99% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 75%
Generic S400 HARD DRIVE 4TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 356GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 110 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 102%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 10TB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 110 112 112 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 143 Write 104 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 110 141% 109 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.8 304% 8.5 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.5 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 97%

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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%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3

CPU
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	139x
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	128x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	31x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	16x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	111x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	95x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	78x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $187

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16