Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 13:06
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 69.4 2-Core 134 62% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 347 35% 284 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 89.8 Parallax 170 65% 113 fps	MRender 90.8 Gravity 125 Splatting 130 96% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 242 228 229 226 216 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 443 Mixed 360 SusWrite 242 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 48.5 159% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 260 195% 260 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 124%
Corsair Performance3 SSD 128GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 92GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 365 Write 6.7 Mixed 10 SusWrite 6.6 20% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3.6 30% 7.33 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 54%
Nvme INTEL SSDPE2MW01 1TB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 108GB free Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 695 781 829 770 615 542 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 849 Write 1,085 Mixed 661 SusWrite 705 186% 825 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44 163% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 478 DQ Write 426 DQ Mixed 448 337% 451 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 271%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: AR13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 117 117 118 114 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 1,012 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 17.8 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 99%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	230x
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: $645

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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