AMD 970A-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics7.2% 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.
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.
Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAMD 970A-DS3  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20121018
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 23 '20 at 04:14
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 56%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-6100-$68
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
55.4% Above average
Memory 80.2
1-Core 61.2
2-Core 95.9
52% 79.1 Pts
4-Core 168
8-Core 248
26% 208 Pts
64-Core 248
15% 248 Pts
Poor: 41%
This bench: 55.4%
Great: 60%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640
MSI(1462 2756) 2GB
CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
7.2% Terrible
Lighting 8.2
Reflection 7.65
Parallax 8.91
7% 8.25 fps
MRender 8.71
Gravity 10.2
Splatting 10.7
8% 9.88 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 7.2%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS723020BLE640 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OAAB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 93 114 136 130 118 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
60.6% Good
Read 100
Write 46.3
Mixed 51.4
SusWrite 111
57% 77.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.4
101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 103%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 4GB
4GB free, PID 5572
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.8 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
11.6% Very poor
Read 24.6
Write 15.6
Mixed 16.9
SusWrite 4.8
19% 15.5 MB/s
4K Read 6.3
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
105% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 11.6%
Great: 12%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1866 CL9 Seri F3-1600C11-8G 1866 CL9 Seri 16GB
800, 667, 800 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
38.5% Below average
MC Read 16.6
MC Write 13.2
MC Mixed 11
39% 13.6 GB/s
SC Read 7.7
SC Write 7.7
SC Mixed 10.7
25% 8.7 GB/s
Latency 80.1
50% 80.1 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 970A-DS3 Builds (Compare 44 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: AMD 970A-DS3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 36% - Below average Total price: $187
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