Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 07:20
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 81 1-Core 51.9 2-Core 97.3 50% 76.7 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 300 29% 237 Pts	64-Core 300 19% 300 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 33.8 21% 29.4 fps	MRender 26.3 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 30.7 22% 26.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.5c SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 103 110 96 108 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 386 Write 136 Mixed 181 SusWrite 105 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 23.8 85% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 114 87% 117 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 79%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 252GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 108 109 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 115 Write 116 Mixed 74 SusWrite 109 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS724020ALE640 2TB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 163GB free Firmware: MJ6OA5K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 96 96 98 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 94.2 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 97 53% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	42.2% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.7 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 50%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	109x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	62x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	94x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	93x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	61x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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