Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. 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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970A-DS3P  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160226
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 16 '18 at 04:57
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (44th 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 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
68.8% Good
Memory 91.5
1-Core 71.3
2-Core 135
62% 99.4 Pts
4-Core 250
8-Core 434
41% 342 Pts
64-Core 425
26% 425 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2840 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
113% Outstanding
Lighting 139
Reflection 186
Parallax 183
113% 170 fps
MRender 130
Gravity 196
Splatting 129
122% 152 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 113%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS131122
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 351 148 145 111 158 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
62.2% Good
Read 390
Write 354
Mixed 288
SusWrite 209
70% 310 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 52.1
4K Mixed 28.4
101% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 30
DQ Write 85.9
DQ Mixed 38
35% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 62.2%
Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
931GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 2.8 3.9 11 31 48 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
60.5% Good
Read 193
Write 160
Mixed 96
SusWrite 17.2
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 60.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA2 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
53.3% Above average
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 15.4
MC Mixed 19.6
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 10.9
SC Write 8.3
SC Mixed 13.9
32% 11 GB/s
Latency 64.9
62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 53.3%
Great: 55%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-970A-DS3P Builds (Compare 3,175 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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