Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.5% 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 Drive	172% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	16.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 00:05
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 68.9 2-Core 121 58% 91.5 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 349 34% 280 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1000) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.5% Poor	Lighting 30.6 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 38 25% 33.1 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 34.9 Splatting 26.2 27% 33.7 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple SM1024G PCIe 1TB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 704GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW1SA0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1182 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5490 (A9) Unknown 243 243 6983969148672 (AD) Unknown 200 200 4296540172 (AE) Unknown 99 99 8797183 (AF) Unknown 99 99 11646937 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 50 (C2) HDA temperature 60 53 283468496936 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 0	172% Outstanding	Read 1,395 Write 1,126 Mixed 1,331 286% 1,284 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 34.2 135% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 26.3 53% 108 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 209%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 282GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 2075 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5213 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 578 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4634 (C2) HDA temperature 111 94 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 159 Mixed 172 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 3.73 4K Mixed 0.43 160% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 113%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 180GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 134 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 331 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17722 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 475 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 32 (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	52.6% Above average	Read 39.4 Write 144 Mixed 92 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.14 52% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0- BLT4G3D1608DT Kingston 99U5458-005.A BLT4G3D1608DT 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 800, 667, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.4% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 44%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $30Bench 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 $300	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