Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.1% 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)
Boot Drive	94.5% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151103
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '20 at 18:02
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 131 62% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 347 35% 284 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.1% Below average	Lighting 29.9 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 84.8 24% 49.3 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 57.7 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 202 188 175 182 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 454 Mixed 386 SusWrite 213 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 48.5 161% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 262 196% 263 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 124%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$176 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 92GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 73 75 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	39% Below average	Read 61.4 Write 63.3 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 74.4 47% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 80GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 93.4 Mixed 60 SusWrite 102 65% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 33GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 101 99 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 13.8 Mixed 52 SusWrite 99.1 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 58%
ICY BOX 1 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 48GB free Firmware: 9122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 38 38 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.9% Below average	Read 82.7 Write 77.3 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 38.3 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 40%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 70GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 83 83 86 94 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 92.1 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 84.5 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 65%
ICY BOX 0 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 38 38 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.3% Above average	Read 136 Write 136 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 38.3 73% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 2x4GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 50%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16