Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 13:32
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 142 60% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 418 43% 346 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 178 Parallax 188 105% 165 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 184 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 19312256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 -112055696731112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 123 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 56 25773473824 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19312256 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19312256 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19312256 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8626 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4514 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4514 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4407	45.6% Average	Read 270 Write 128 Mixed 138 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 15.6 76% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 87.1 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 35.3 44% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 80%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$65 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 162 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 201 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 201 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 220 (C2) HDA temperature 125 102 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	68.8% Good	Read 119 Write 121 Mixed 117 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 815GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 146 146 25785598229 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 833 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1012 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1012 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 167504183325 (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	85.3% Excellent	Read 163 Write 134 Mixed 129 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 260GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208187016 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 374 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53812543 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 373 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53934 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 21474836508 (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 9745280804181 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7897081395 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72799580452	79.4% Very good	Read 145 Write 132 Mixed 126 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600G Corsair CMY8GX3M2A186 DDR3 1600G Corsair CMY8GX3M2A186 24GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.7% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns

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Gaming 22%

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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 $57Bench 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 $32Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16