Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics14.9% 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.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970A-D3P  (all builds)
Memory6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141210
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 12 '18 at 17:40
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71% Very good
Memory 93.1
1-Core 75.9
2-Core 152
66% 107 Pts
4-Core 266
8-Core 454
44% 360 Pts
64-Core 463
29% 463 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 71%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120
Gigabyte(1458 3658) 2GB
CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
14.9% Very poor
Lighting 17.8
Reflection 14.3
Parallax 13.3
14% 15.1 fps
MRender 22.7
Gravity 18.7
Splatting 16.7
16% 19.3 fps
Poor: 13%
This bench: 14.9%
Great: 16%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 87 85 93 94 94 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
52.6% Above average
Read 97
Write 93
Mixed 57.2
SusWrite 86.2
61% 83.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1.1
189% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 52.6%
Great: 70%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44
82GB free
Firmware: 1AC01113
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 96 96 96 96 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
50.6% Above average
Read 80.7
Write 39.2
Mixed 51.3
SusWrite 95.5
49% 66.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 50.6%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
35.5% Below average
MC Read 12.8
MC Write 11.8
MC Mixed 9.5
32% 11.4 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 8.6
SC Mixed 12
30% 10.6 GB/s
Latency 61.9
65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 35.5%
Great: 32%

 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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