Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.7% 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	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '20 at 23:03
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 140 64% 102 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 429 40% 331 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3718) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2359 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 68.5 60% 73.6 fps	MRender 76.3 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 72.6 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 202 218 224 213 221 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 490 Write 422 Mixed 375 SusWrite 224 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 44.7 144% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 183 156% 229 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 118%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 250GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 417 406 418 425 425 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 310 Write 20.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 395 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 42.4 127% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 234 180% 244 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT 2x4GB 374 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 20 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 15.3 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 55%

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

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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 $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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Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16