Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.4% 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	43.9% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 18:24
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 66.2 2-Core 116 58% 90.1 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 260 29% 228 Pts	64-Core 255 16% 255 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 293A) 1GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 22.5 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 27.2 18% 26.1 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 19.6 Splatting 31.1 21% 25.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 650 120GB 2,684 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT01B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5053 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1803 (B1) Unknown 98 98 39 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 95 95 4815 (EB) Unknown 99 99 553 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15961911690	43.9% Average	Read 487 Write 76.5 Mixed 118 49% 227 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 11.1 64% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 25.8 DQ Mixed 21.5 17% 23.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 580GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46173080 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4066 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 154137798 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3111 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032859 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 21980053533 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 933 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27720 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 76605036700274 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27449624549 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65373324400	92.6% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 135 Mixed 156 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 112%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 84GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897157308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 458 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 866 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 305 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 459 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 154620067871 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.5% Good	Read 114 Write 111 Mixed 109 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 7,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	46.8% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 16 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.8 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 50%

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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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16