Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.1% 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)
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.

High background CPU (30%). 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	11.6 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 03:43
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (94^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 144 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 406 41% 334 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 6154) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 35.8 Reflection 26.6 Parallax 33.1 29% 31.9 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 34.4 Splatting 34 29% 35.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 466 Write 392 Mixed 340 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 31.6 123% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 174 147% 214 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 87%
Toshiba MK2555GSXN 250GB 351 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 140GB free Firmware: GC002M SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 55 55 54 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 55.3 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 54.5 36% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 43%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 107GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 74 75 73 72 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 82 Write 69.7 Mixed 56 SusWrite 72.4 52% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.4% 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	46.8% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 49%

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

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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 $47Bench 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 i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16