Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% 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.
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 FX  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170713
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 25 '18 at 17:45
Run Duration282 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (85th 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
72.1% Very good
Memory 94.2
1-Core 81.2
2-Core 152
67% 109 Pts
4-Core 273
8-Core 384
41% 329 Pts
64-Core 472
29% 472 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing below potential (56th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 119
Parallax 122
105% 123 fps
MRender 176
Gravity 126
Splatting 98.5
105% 134 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
234GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 242 209 267 193 205 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Sabrent AS2115 512GB
32GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 76 75 74 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
56.8% Above average
Read 122
Write 75
Mixed 103
SusWrite 75.5
70% 93.8 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.8
194% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 56.8%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
57.3% Above average
MC Read 23.4
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 19.5
58% 20.4 GB/s
SC Read 11.7
SC Write 10.5
SC Mixed 16.6
37% 12.9 GB/s
Latency 59.2
68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 57.3%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-970A-DS3P FX Builds (Compare 425 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $206
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