Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	32.7% 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)
Boot Drive	42% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151103
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '20 at 00:45
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing below expectations (22^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.3% Average	Memory 65.7 1-Core 56.3 2-Core 82 44% 68 Pts	4-Core 93.9 8-Core 166 16% 130 Pts	64-Core 255 16% 255 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Gigabyte(1458 22C8) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.7% Below average	Lighting 41.6 Reflection 43.2 Parallax 56.1 34% 47 fps	MRender 43 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 29.9 30% 38.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 71 73 67 37 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42% Average	Read 302 Write 300 Mixed 258 SusWrite 80.5 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 15.6 54% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 144 120% 174 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 930GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 123 122 119 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 114 Write 61.5 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 121 65% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4 F3-12800CL9-2 F3-12800CL9-4 F3-12800CL9-2 12GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	32% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 11.1 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 5.5 14% 4.73 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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