Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.2% 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	38.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120712
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '20 at 07:34
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core 57 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 73 2-Core 120 60% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 238 33% 244 Pts	64-Core 250 16% 250 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7970-$435 6,727 User benchmarks, average bench 36% AMD(1002 3000) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 51 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 63.5 42% 49.4 fps	MRender 31.8 Gravity 52.3 Splatting 42.3 35% 42.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 60GB 1,468 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 62 63 64 62 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 133 Write 69.3 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 61.2 20% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 22 89% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 67.7 DQ Mixed 27.3 26% 40 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 594GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 63 64 64 62 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 61 Write 60.8 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 62.2 43% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 50%

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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 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	109x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	63x
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	22x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

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

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Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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