Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 14 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151103
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '20 at 14:05
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 142 61% 99.8 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 400 42% 336 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Asus(1043 2015) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 41.4 25% 35.4 fps	MRender 30.4 Gravity 26.7 Splatting 40.1 27% 32.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z4 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 480 Write 391 Mixed 383 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.3 47% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 120 Write 89 Mixed 77.5 71% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 18GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 99 105 99 88 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 56 Write 88 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 97.6 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 30GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 104 104 104 105 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 48.5 Mixed 40.8 SusWrite 104 87% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 52%
MXT-USB Storage Device 16GB 662 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 1GB free, PID 8816 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 9.5 9.7 8.4 7.4 6.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	9.43% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 8 Mixed 5 SusWrite 8.3 12% 10 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.8 120% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.43% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 2000X Kingston KHX2133C11D3/ Kingston 99U5471-012.A Kingmax FLFF65F-C8NM9 14GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.7% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.6 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $28Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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