Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.6% 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	50.4% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 03:33
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 67.4 2-Core 125 60% 94.9 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 377 37% 301 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BD) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 44.4 Parallax 39.7 38% 43.5 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 36.3 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608A SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 97 111 111 111 96 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.4% Above average	Read 259 Write 150 Mixed 182 SusWrite 106 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 28.1 91% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 115 86% 114 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 75%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 12GB free Firmware: CXM0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 387 Write 276 Mixed 195 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 17.2 72% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 92.3 DQ Mixed 126 101% 146 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 76%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 38GB free Firmware: M0C SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 374 257 152 151 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 318 Write 389 Mixed 357 SusWrite 236 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 33.5 119% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 220 164% 217 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 95%
Ct480bx5 0 480GB 896 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 293GB free Firmware: M6C SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 386 403 408 390 390 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 464 Write 395 Mixed 383 SusWrite 384 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 29.4 125% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 49.9 82% 159 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 D3-16 4x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 93%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	157x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $29Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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