Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics28.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970A-DS3P  (all builds)
Memory3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150601
Uptime2.8 Days
Run DateAug 27 '16 at 18:28
Run Duration98 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 80%

 PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II X4 B55
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
35% Below average
Memory 51
1-Core 40
2-Core 84.9
36% 58.6 Pts
4-Core 112
8-Core 110
15% 111 Pts
64-Core 128
8% 128 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 35%
Great: 62%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199
PwrHis(1787 2336) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
28.5% Poor
Lighting 36
Reflection 32.5
Parallax 42.5
29% 37 fps
MRender 28.8
Gravity 30
Splatting 38.1
27% 32.3 fps
Poor: 25%
This bench: 28.5%
Great: 29%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
358GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
70.6% Very good
Read 104
Write 143
Mixed 87
83% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.45
4K Write 0.78
4K Mixed 0.19
54% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4 9905403-442.A 8GB
800, 667 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
22.3% Poor
MC Read 10
MC Write 5.5
MC Mixed 9.2
24% 8.23 GB/s
SC Read 3.2
SC Write 3.9
SC Mixed 4.8
11% 3.97 GB/s
Latency 157
26% 157 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 22.3%
Great: 44%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-970A-DS3P Builds (Compare 3,195 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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