Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive97.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970-GAMING  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160406
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateFeb 20 '19 at 08:21
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU 30%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8370-$175
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
72.6% Very good
Memory 93.6
1-Core 51.7
2-Core 148
60% 97.9 Pts
4-Core 280
8-Core 476
46% 378 Pts
64-Core 477
30% 477 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396
MSI(1462 3724) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 156
Reflection 158
Parallax 157
127% 157 fps
MRender 184
Gravity 148
Splatting 106
115% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 118%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54
153GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0125A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 417 410 437 437 436 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
97.2% Outstanding
Read 489
Write 430
Mixed 429
SusWrite 424
100% 443 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 78.1
4K Mixed 40.9
136% 48.9 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 207
DQ Mixed 194
150% 205 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 97.2%
Great: 118%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 189 192 194 194 193 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 163
Mixed 85.5
SusWrite 192
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 1.5
301% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$32
43GB free
Firmware: JC4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 69 67 68 68 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
43.6% Average
Read 82.5
Write 80.2
Mixed 52
SusWrite 69
52% 70.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 43.6%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
52.1% Above average
MC Read 22.2
MC Write 15.7
MC Mixed 18.7
54% 18.9 GB/s
SC Read 9.5
SC Write 8.1
SC Mixed 11.8
28% 9.8 GB/s
Latency 60.7
66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 52.1%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-970-GAMING Builds (Compare 330 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $217
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