Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive150% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF  (all builds)
Memory4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160128
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 18 '19 at 23:49
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU 18%
Watch Gameplay: 590 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.2% Very good
Memory 90.4
1-Core 72.9
2-Core 145
63% 103 Pts
4-Core 282
8-Core 431
44% 357 Pts
64-Core 428
26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200
CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.3
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
60% Good
Lighting 74.9
Reflection 79.3
Parallax 103
61% 85.6 fps
MRender 75.4
Gravity 76
Splatting 64.1
58% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 60%
Great: 62%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S5 256GB
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9001b31
SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 590 585 472 372 350 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
150% Outstanding
Read 1,300
Write 576
Mixed 605
SusWrite 490
164% 743 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 96.1
4K Mixed 47.1
167% 60 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 415
DQ Mixed 446
315% 395 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 150%
Great: 241%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146
3.5TB free
Firmware: FP1R
SusWrite @10s intervals: MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
33.9% Below average
Read 113
Write 2.5
Mixed 2.3
SusWrite 3.5
22% 30.4 MB/s
4K Read 3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.1
175% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 33.9%
Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 153 156 159 159 160 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Read 164
Write 126
Mixed 74.3
SusWrite 142
93% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
32.3% Below average
MC Read 11.1
MC Write 10.5
MC Mixed 9.2
29% 10.3 GB/s
SC Read 10.5
SC Write 8.7
SC Mixed 10
28% 9.73 GB/s
Latency 66.7
60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 18%
This bench: 32.3%
Great: 32%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF Builds (Compare 97 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 25%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $305
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