Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 59.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	15.3% 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	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '19 at 20:29
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Memory 87.1 1-Core 50.3 2-Core 93.5 51% 77 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 244 27% 213 Pts	64-Core 259 16% 259 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% EVGA(3842 2752) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 18.7 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 16.1 15% 16.7 fps	MRender 22.5 Gravity 18.4 Splatting 16.3 15% 19.1 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 120GB 4,995 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 125 122 120 124 124 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.3% Below average	Read 249 Write 111 Mixed 143 SusWrite 118 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 7.5 49% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 58.8 65% 108 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 81%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 50GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 85 84 85 84 85 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 77.7 Write 36.6 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 82.2 45% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 62%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 18GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 93 99 79 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 66 Write 55.3 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 91.5 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 13GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	5.71% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 4 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 3.6 9% 8.88 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 31% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.71% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 11.9 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 8.2 19% 6.7 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 61%

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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 $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