Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics13% 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970A-DS3  (all builds)
Memory7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20121023
Uptime3.1 Days
Run DateAug 23 '17 at 06:53
Run Duration300 Seconds
Run User TWN-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Six-Core
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
50.6% Above average
Memory 70.6
1-Core 47.3
2-Core 93.6
45% 70.5 Pts
4-Core 172
8-Core 216
25% 194 Pts
64-Core 238
15% 238 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 50.6%
Great: 66%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6850
Device(7333 0000) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
13% Very poor
Lighting 16.9
Reflection 13.2
Parallax 14.8
14% 14.9 fps
MRender 11.4
Gravity 11.6
Splatting 17.5
12% 13.5 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13%
Great: 13%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23
336GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
58.3% Above average
Read 92.8
Write 110
Mixed 76.2
70% 93.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.53
4K Mixed 0.36
89% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 58.3%
Great: 69%
SMI USB disk 8GB
6GB free, PID null
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
4.17% Terrible
Read 15.9
Write 4.64
Mixed 3.6
8% 8.04 MB/s
4K Read 3.57
4K Write 0.006
4K Mixed 0.007
14% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.17%
Great: 10%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 12GB
null MHz
4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
30.3% Below average
MC Read 13.9
MC Write 6.6
MC Mixed 11.6
31% 10.7 GB/s
SC Read 5.9
SC Write 5.5
SC Mixed 8.5
19% 6.63 GB/s
Latency 100
40% 100 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 30.3%
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 353 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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