Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	69.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	126% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '19 at 03:06
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 70 1-Core 24.2 2-Core 37.2 33% 43.8 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 428 37% 314 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Zotac(19DA 1503) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.7% Good	Lighting 37.3 Reflection 111 Parallax 162 30% 104 fps	MRender 236 Gravity 200 Splatting 124 146% 187 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 587 697 672 713 727 700 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 934 Write 816 Mixed 806 SusWrite 683 182% 810 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 28.5 107% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 413 288% 357 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 393%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 233GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 293 281 279 289 284 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 417 Write 397 Mixed 396 SusWrite 283 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 28.3 94% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 94.1 113% 197 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 198GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 277 300 336 330 345 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 431 Write 398 Mixed 382 SusWrite 309 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 29.5 97% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 49.8 90% 179 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 131%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 995GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 150 153 152 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 130 Write 117 Mixed 79 SusWrite 151 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 84%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$149 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 190GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 100 102 100 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 166 Write 160 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 101 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 343% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD38G16002 Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8C PSD38G16002 Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8C 32GB 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.2% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 8.5 16% 5.73 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns

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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%

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Workstation 25%

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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 $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 $45	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