Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 60%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.2% 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	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '17 at 07:36
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60% Above average	Memory 82.6 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 116 56% 88.7 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 270 30% 239 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Gigabyte(1458 22B9) CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 30.5 20% 29.4 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 34.3 23% 27 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8283 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1550 (A6) Unknown 100 100 84 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 405 (A9) Unknown 100 100 146 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 290 (AE) Unknown 100 100 128 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 45 193274314779 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2370 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 37880 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11223 (F2) Unknown 253 253 23514 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	51.7% Above average	Read 345 Write 230 Mixed 298 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 11.4 73% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 93.9 DQ Mixed 11.4 23% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 91%
Hitachi HTS541020G9SA00 20GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 13GB free Firmware: MB1OC60J Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 197 197 34359738368 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2520 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 577 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7460 (C2) HDA temperature 211 211 236223987738 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	17.5% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 28.1 Mixed 30.5 23% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 20%
SAMSUNG HM160HC 160GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 26GB free, PID 110c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	9.88% Terrible	Read 27.9 Write 24.5 Mixed 25 33% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.16 4K Mixed 0.04 7% 0.08 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.88% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0- Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ M378B5273DH0- Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 933, 667, 933 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.5% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.3 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 44%

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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 $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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