Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	125% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 22:38
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 135 61% 97.9 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 439 43% 352 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.2% Very good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 162 73% 113 fps	MRender 86.5 Gravity 111 Splatting 126 91% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 568 570 560 570 572 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 545 Write 520 Mixed 513 SusWrite 557 120% 534 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 49.4 158% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 478 DQ Write 387 DQ Mixed 444 329% 436 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 310%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 456 Write 398 Mixed 393 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 46.3 153% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 258 194% 259 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 20GB free Firmware: CV27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 100 103 109 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 132 Write 121 Mixed 75 SusWrite 104 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 113%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 66 38 53 48 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 105 Write 21.5 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 48.2 41% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 91% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 69%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 12GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 119 122 123 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 123 Write 112 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 121 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 66GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 93 92 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 82.8 Write 69 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 90.5 54% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 151GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 94 93 93 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 77.2 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 91.9 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,520 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 13.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 110%

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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 $30Bench 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 $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 $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