Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	83.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '21 at 19:01
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 79 1-Core 59.6 2-Core 114 53% 84.3 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 154 26% 183 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 86% 106 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 98.8 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 334 Write 345 Mixed 76.5 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 26.6 4K Mixed 24.3 76% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 35.9 DQ Mixed 32 24% 32.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 309GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 175 183 196 195 187 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 405 Write 375 Mixed 290 SusWrite 181 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 36.1 118% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 97.5 DQ Mixed 46.8 41% 59.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 121%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 51GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 177 188 196 196 188 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 312 Write 327 Mixed 235 SusWrite 182 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 33.1 112% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 94.8 DQ Mixed 41 38% 55 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 97%
Samsung HN-M101MBB 1TB-$45 3,466 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 242GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 74 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 40.5 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 73.1 39% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 61%

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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%

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Workstation 18%

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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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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