Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	82.6% 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.
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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '19 at 18:19
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 139 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 400 40% 323 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 256 256 255 257 247 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 461 Write 519 Mixed 497 SusWrite 287 100% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 26.4 108% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 301 228% 311 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 141%
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 89GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 96 64 65 65 72 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 413 Write 266 Mixed 306 SusWrite 93.2 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 26.1 108% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 166 144% 212 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 84 170 155 171 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 125 Write 76 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 141 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 106%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 309GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 92 93 94 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 94.8 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 91.5 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 190% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04H1BB3 4x4GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 92%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	157x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $29Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16