Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics6.68% 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.
Memory14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970A-DS3P  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 14 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160226
Uptime1.4 Days
Run DateJan 17 '20 at 18:04
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-6300-$47
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
53.1% Above average
Memory 75.8
1-Core 61.7
2-Core 106
51% 81.3 Pts
4-Core 174
8-Core 201
24% 187 Pts
64-Core 219
14% 219 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 53.1%
Great: 62%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 250
MSI(1462 3011) 2GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.12.2
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
6.68% Terrible
Lighting 8.13
Reflection 8.08
Parallax 10.3
7% 8.83 fps
MRender 7.86
Gravity 7.93
Splatting 8.83
7% 8.21 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 6.68%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24
395GB free (System drive)
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 66 93 80 103 94 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
55.5% Above average
Read 109
Write 100
Mixed 49.7
SusWrite 84.8
63% 85.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
130% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 55.5%
Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
793GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 170 168 169 171 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 163
Mixed 71.8
SusWrite 169
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 98%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905403-496.A ACR16D3LU1KDG 9905403-496.A ACR16D3LU1KBG 14GB
800, 800, 800, 800 MHz
4096, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
35.7% Below average
MC Read 13.7
MC Write 11.5
MC Mixed 12.7
36% 12.6 GB/s
SC Read 7.5
SC Write 7.1
SC Mixed 9.4
23% 8 GB/s
Latency 88.6
45% 88.6 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-970A-DS3P Builds (Compare 3,176 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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