Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.6% 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	59.4% 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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	7 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 00:49
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (57^th 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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 68.6 2-Core 111 56% 88.2 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 290 35% 267 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.1% 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 (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.6% Below average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 45.5 Parallax 59.6 38% 50.8 fps	MRender 45.1 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 31.8 33% 41.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.6% 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: 235 68 53 57 78 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 432 Write 389 Mixed 325 SusWrite 97.1 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 35.5 4K Mixed 23.4 79% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 162 150% 230 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 930GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 123 123 124 123 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 121 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.7% 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 as expected (46^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.5 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 50%

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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%

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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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