Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics93.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970A-D3P  (all builds)
Memory5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130806
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateSep 07 '16 at 04:26
Run Duration97 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Memory 93.9
1-Core 71.8
2-Core 143
64% 103 Pts
4-Core 271
8-Core 425
43% 348 Pts
64-Core 430
27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
93.6% Outstanding
Lighting 113
Reflection 144
Parallax 134
92% 130 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 138
Splatting 107
97% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 93.6%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
59.7% Above average
Read 98.4
Write 109
Mixed 92.4
75% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.64
4K Write 1.83
4K Mixed 0.2
82% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 59.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C10 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
49.9% Average
MC Read 21.9
MC Write 14.2
MC Mixed 16.8
50% 17.6 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 8.7
SC Mixed 13.2
31% 11 GB/s
Latency 60.2
66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 49.9%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-970A-D3P Builds (Compare 636 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $391
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