Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.6% 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	42% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 11:40
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 139 60% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 430 41% 338 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Lighting 29.7 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 35.2 24% 32.2 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 24.7 Splatting 37.3 25% 30.1 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 51 57 58 56 57 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	42% Average	Read 179 Write 61.4 Mixed 82.4 SusWrite 56 21% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 24.3 92% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 80.4 DQ Write 61.3 DQ Mixed 69.5 52% 70.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 51%
Intel SSDSCKKW240H6 240GB 3,142 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 96GB free Firmware: LSBG100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 124 103 102 104 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 435 Write 373 Mixed 187 SusWrite 117 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 32.5 105% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 84 DQ Mixed 161 111% 141 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 89%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 61GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 147 148 147 145 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 142 Write 123 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 146 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.5 308% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 111%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 75GB free Firmware: 04.04V04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 68 66 68 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 76.2 Write 91.9 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 66.9 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 780 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 96%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $32Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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