Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	52.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '17 at 23:41
Run Duration	500 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 78.2 1-Core 52.4 2-Core 96.3 49% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 333 29% 248 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1055 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.11.4 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.6% Above average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 61.6 Parallax 85.5 51% 69.8 fps	MRender 61.2 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 78.7 56% 66.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2416 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 989 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25893 (AA) Unknown 100 100 215 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1048621 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 328 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 12346 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4364	35.3% Below average	Read 303 Write 180 Mixed 173 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 20.5 4K Mixed 4.07 40% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 16.6 DQ Write 24.2 DQ Mixed 6.76 9% 15.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 94%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 25GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -111145163678962 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1421 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 217 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 41 34362425371 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 34362425371 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5362 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4942 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4942 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12632	35.7% Below average	Read 173 Write 84.8 Mixed 127 28% 129 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 11.7 66% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 82.5 DQ Mixed 38.6 45% 78.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 73%
WL250GSA872 250GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 73GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 986 (03) Spinup time 163 149 4841 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 27979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 814 (C0) Power-off retract count 178 178 16814 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18593 (C2) HDA temperature 103 98 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.3% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 58.3 Mixed 59.4 45% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.41 105% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 50%
Seagate ST340014AS 40GB-$50 831 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 37GB free Firmware: 3.43 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 54 49 19146405 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2360 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 895728047 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2182 (C2) HDA temperature 44 46 34359738412 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 49 19146405 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.2% Below average	Read 55 Write 56.9 Mixed 56.5 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.35 78% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 32%
Sandisk USB Ultra 8GB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	4.04% Terrible	Read 12.7 Write 5.6 Mixed 5.05 8% 7.79 MB/s	4K Read 4.05 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.009 16% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.04% Great: 5%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 5GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	7.01% Terrible	Read 28 Write 6.85 Mixed 7.2 14% 14 MB/s	4K Read 6.15 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 23% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.01% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 554 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	30% Poor	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 6.9 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 35%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	157x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	25x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	15x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples	12x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2x8GBCorsairBench 46%, 237 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16