Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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.
Graphics	1.26% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 15:00
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X2 555 4,836 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 46.9 2-Core 88.9 48% 72.3 Pts	4-Core 88.2 8-Core 88.5 12% 88.3 Pts	64-Core 87.8 5% 87.8 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 3506) 1GB CLim: 730 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.26% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 5.23 Parallax 1.66 0% 2.31 fps	MRender 6.29 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 3.17 4% 4.65 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.26% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 223GB free Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 177 139 120 147 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 416 Write 316 Mixed 258 SusWrite 178 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 17 73% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 40.4 47% 82 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 55%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: JF100-20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 47 40 38 36 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 51.5 Write 54.8 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 40 33% 45.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 25GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 155 147 130 145 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 153 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 147 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 160GB-$46 8,198 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 8GB free Firmware: P22OABEA SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 42 25 40 48 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 3 Write 12.7 Mixed 1 SusWrite 42.3 11% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ Corsair CMV4GX3M1A133 12GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 800, 667 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.8 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 5.6 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 37%

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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 $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 $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) $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