Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.8% 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	58.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 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 04:29
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 120 60% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 371 36% 296 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.1% 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: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 39.6 38% 43.5 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 35.9 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608A SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 83 107 94 98 81 MB/s Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.2% Above average	Read 231 Write 130 Mixed 197 SusWrite 95.7 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 34.4 122% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 95.9 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 80.5 72% 107 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 75%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 17GB free Firmware: CXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 168 82 80 76 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 382 Write 266 Mixed 236 SusWrite 110 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 19 81% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 84.2 DQ Mixed 150 112% 152 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 76%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 38GB free Firmware: M0C SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 356 162 162 293 349 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 304 Write 146 Mixed 337 SusWrite 281 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 35.6 123% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 222 165% 219 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 95%
Ct480bx5 0 480GB 896 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 293GB free Firmware: M6C SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 354 385 382 399 381 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 447 Write 380 Mixed 362 SusWrite 377 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 29 122% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 50.3 83% 159 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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	49.9% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 93%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

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 $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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16