Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 52.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics14.2% 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970A-DS3  (all builds)
Memory9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140909
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 11 '18 at 12:35
Run Duration408 Seconds
Run User TWN-User
Background CPU 27%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
52.6% Above average
Memory 66.8
1-Core 66.3
2-Core 118
51% 83.8 Pts
4-Core 214
8-Core 271
31% 243 Pts
64-Core 256
16% 256 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 52.6%
Great: 61%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7770
PwrHis(1787 2319) 1GB
CLim: 1180 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.12.1
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
14.2% Very poor
Lighting 17.2
Reflection 19.2
Parallax 22.6
14% 19.7 fps
MRender 15.8
Gravity 15.3
Splatting 21.3
15% 17.5 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 14.2%
Great: 14%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 1TB
721GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 189
Write 170
Mixed 170
133% 176 MB/s
4K Read 0.71
4K Write 4.61
4K Mixed 0.42
161% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 103%
Great: 140%
A-DATA USB Flash Drive 16GB
8GB free, PID c93a
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
6.39% Terrible
Read 31.7
Write 8.12
Mixed 0.87
12% 13.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.04
4K Write 0.007
4K Mixed 0.007
1% 0.02 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 6.39%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 12GB
null MHz
4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
40.9% Average
MC Read 17.5
MC Write 13.4
MC Mixed 15.7
44% 15.5 GB/s
SC Read 7.2
SC Write 6.1
SC Mixed 6.6
19% 6.63 GB/s
Latency 109
37% 109 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 40.9%
Great: 50%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-970A-DS3 Builds (Compare 352 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-DS3 - $149

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