Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '17 at 00:02
Run Duration	500 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 130 58% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 362 36% 294 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Gigabyte(1458 22D7) CLim: 1230 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	45.8% Average	Lighting 57.8 Reflection 60.2 Parallax 72.3 47% 63.4 fps	MRender 57.4 Gravity 54.6 Splatting 48.8 43% 53.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2398 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 940 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25893 (AA) Unknown 100 100 215 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983084 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 286 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 12346 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4157	44.5% Average	Read 435 Write 140 Mixed 250 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 9.11 51% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 34.7 DQ Mixed 40.3 40% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 94%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 25GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -81157702018308 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1371 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 174 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 41 34362425368 (C2) HDA temperature 24 41 34362425368 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5359 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4940 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4940 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12631	37.7% Below average	Read 174 Write 83.5 Mixed 102 26% 120 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 13.1 72% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 97.9 DQ Mixed 32 43% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 73%
WL250GSA872 250GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 73GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 986 (03) Spinup time 160 149 4983 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 27945 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 780 (C0) Power-off retract count 178 178 16787 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18559 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.6% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 56.7 Mixed 61.7 45% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.43 99% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 50%
Seagate ST340014AS 40GB-$50 831 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 37GB free Firmware: 3.43 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 54 49 188702075 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 893980157 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2148 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 34359738403 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 49 188702075 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.1% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 57.1 Mixed 56 42% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.35 76% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 32%
Sandisk USB Ultra 8GB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	4.09% Terrible	Read 12.8 Write 5.66 Mixed 6.04 9% 8.18 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.008 16% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.09% Great: 5%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 5GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	6.38% Terrible	Read 27 Write 7.13 Mixed 8.78 14% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.84 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 14% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.38% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 554 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 9 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 35%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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