Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics5.17% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.
Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970A-D3  (all builds)
Memory5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120330
Uptime5 Days
Run DateJun 19 '17 at 12:58
Run Duration94 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU 41%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-4100-$110
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
54.5% Above average
Memory 79.8
1-Core 60.9
2-Core 104
52% 81.6 Pts
4-Core 170
8-Core 177
23% 174 Pts
64-Core 175
11% 175 Pts
Poor: 39%
This bench: 54.5%
Great: 58%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570
PwrHis(1787 2012) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1046.0
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
5.17% Terrible
Lighting 6.77
Reflection 6.96
Parallax 5.84
6% 6.52 fps
MRender 5.71
Gravity 5.17
Splatting 5.61
4% 5.5 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.17%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
315GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
47% Average
Read 78.4
Write 85.3
Mixed 86.6
63% 83.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.62
4K Mixed 0.38
95% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 47%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
41.5% Average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 12.3
MC Mixed 15.8
42% 14.8 GB/s
SC Read 8.8
SC Write 7.9
SC Mixed 10.9
26% 9.2 GB/s
Latency 80.8
50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 41.5%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-970A-D3 Builds (Compare 518 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 - $248

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $465
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