Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 61.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 12:01
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	21%

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 Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 46.8 2-Core 95 52% 77.4 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 186 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD252HJ 250GB 8,167 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 97 97 96 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 105 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 89.5 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 225GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 123 125 125 125 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 163 Write 140 Mixed 84.1 SusWrite 124 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 222% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 109%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 52GB free Firmware: FH100-05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 76 76 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 92.2 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 76.8 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 56%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 36GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 91 88 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 83.6 Write 44.3 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 89.8 49% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 189% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 50GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 180 178 179 179 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 121 Write 83.3 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 179 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 114%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 70GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 49 50 50 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 52 Write 28 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 49.9 31% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 7,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 11.9 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.1 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 50%

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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%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	157x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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