Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '19 at 03:15
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 68.6 1-Core 49.5 2-Core 89.2 44% 69.1 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 256 24% 202 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 344 Write 265 Mixed 269 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 13.1 55% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 166 132% 186 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 87%
Toshiba MK2555GSXN 250GB 351 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 140GB free Firmware: GC002M SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 59.3 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 54.8 36% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 43%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 107GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 75 73 74 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 76 Write 73.5 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 74.1 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 08G-D3-2400-M KHX1600C10D3/ 08G-D3-2400-M 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.9% Below average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 15.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 49%

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

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Typical GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF Builds (Compare 97 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 31%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 25%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	41x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	17x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	13x

GPU
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	7x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	7x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	3x
SD8SBBU120G1122 120GBSandiskBench 47%, 2,087 samples	3x

RAM
DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x4GBAdataBench 41%, 1,140 samples	6x
BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GBCrucialBench 43%, 4,102 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	3x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $305

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16