Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 20%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 12.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics12.7% 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970A-DS3P  (all builds)
Memory5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1024x768x4294967296 szín
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141031
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 29 '18 at 22:23
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
12.7% Very poor
Memory 14.4
1-Core 22.4
2-Core 30
13% 22.3 Pts
4-Core 59.9
8-Core 103
10% 81.5 Pts
64-Core 103
6% 103 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 12.7%
Great: 60%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460 v2
Gigabyte(1458 34FC) 1GB
CLim: 788 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
12.7% Very poor
Lighting 14.9
Reflection 17.2
Parallax 13.4
12% 15.2 fps
MRender 20.3
Gravity 15.3
Splatting 15.6
14% 17.1 fps
Poor: 13%
This bench: 12.7%
Great: 15%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16
420GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 40 59 29 26 42 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
19.2% Very poor
Read 30.5
Write 60.7
Mixed 18.4
SusWrite 36.1
27% 36.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 19.2%
Great: 43%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB
10GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 3.8 5.2 7.6 6.8 7.6 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
4.59% Terrible
Read 18.7
Write 1
Mixed 5.2
SusWrite 6
8% 7.73 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
9% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 4.59%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
12.6% Very poor
MC Read 5.5
MC Write 4.6
MC Mixed 4.3
14% 4.8 GB/s
SC Read 1.6
SC Write 2.1
SC Mixed 2.5
6% 2.07 GB/s
Latency 365
11% 365 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 12.6%
Great: 32%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-970A-DS3P Builds (Compare 3,177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $366
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