Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.3% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	15 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 05:46
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.75 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 83.7 2-Core 163 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 432 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 3438) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 66.8 61% 72.9 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 71 Splatting 74.4 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XTi 480GB-$247 664 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 392 390 443 429 397 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 433 Mixed 322 SusWrite 370 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 38.1 135% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 171 152% 230 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 175 176 177 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 133 Write 121 Mixed 33.9 SusWrite 167 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 0.7 255% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 92%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$27 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 149 148 150 151 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 152 Write 146 Mixed 113 SusWrite 145 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C11D3L Corsair CM3X2G1600C9D KHX1866C10D3/ Corsair CM3X2G1600C9D 20GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 933, 533, 933, 533 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 45%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 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 $26Bench 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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Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16