Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46% 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	51.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 13:57
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 79.4 2-Core 160 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 493 50% 405 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 2150 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46% Average	Lighting 53.5 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 81.4 44% 68.8 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 53.9 Splatting 60 51% 62.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 163GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2490393 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 334 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 32 137440395294 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 30064771079 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 146 (EA) Unknown 100 100 188 (F1) Unknown 253 253 181 (F2) Unknown 253 253 232 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.8% Very good	Read 391 Write 330 Mixed 292 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 18.3 99% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 11.8 48% 109 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 100%
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 127 100 127 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1784 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 43 (A9) Unknown 100 100 166 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 767 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 240518168620 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 273 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2171 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2049 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2212	51.5% Above average	Read 489 Write 178 Mixed 256 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 3.46 68% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 3.59 17% 35.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 71%
WL1000GSA3254 1TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 888GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 301 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 199 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 258 (C2) HDA temperature 114 110 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 173 Mixed 150 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.33 124% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 784GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 129 129 12896698544 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2001 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1189 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1263 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2001 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2001 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 154620133407 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	104% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 176 Mixed 179 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 110GB free, PID 5581, SanDisk Ultra 128 GB Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 130 Write 67.7 Mixed 90.6 114% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.18 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.76 93% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,926 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 18.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 53%

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

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Gaming 31%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	41x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	17x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	13x

GPU
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	7x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	7x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	3x
SD8SBBU120G1122 120GBSandiskBench 47%, 2,087 samples	3x

RAM
DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x4GBAdataBench 41%, 1,140 samples	6x
BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GBCrucialBench 43%, 4,102 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	3x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $305

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16