Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.7% 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	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 17:48
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 77.4 2-Core 146 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 471 45% 370 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 83.3 55% 72.9 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 56.4 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 84 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 86 86 140 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 296	72.5% Very good	Read 455 Write 387 Mixed 434 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 11.5 100% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 74.3 DQ Mixed 10.8 21% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 29GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897091770 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 762 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 762 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 193274511394 (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	52.4% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 87 Mixed 94.5 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.13 51% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 107%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB-$125 23,438 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 4GB free Firmware: JA2OA590 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 166 100 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3779 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 13318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1406 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 12884901888 (BC) Unknown 100 100 21479358464 (BE) vendor-specific 72 44 320602140 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 599 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 23921005 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 182334 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	27.8% Poor	Read 54.7 Write 42.1 Mixed 39.2 34% 45.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.19 51% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 57%
WD My Passport 259F 2TB 3,542 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 49.9 Write 54.8 Mixed 52 68% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-1600-M 2x8GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 50%

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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 $129Bench 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 $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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