Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151103
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 14:35
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (58^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)	64.3% Good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 126 57% 91.7 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 357 37% 296 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 64 Parallax 58.3 52% 62.2 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 61 Splatting 51.7 49% 61.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3154 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 453 (64) Unknown 100 100 3204720 (65) Unknown 100 100 628912 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 198 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 1907 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 706 (B7) Unknown 98 98 29 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 210454577181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5859 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3297 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4585 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6347 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	47.4% Average	Read 451 Write 192 Mixed 187 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 6.69 53% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 19.4 26% 43.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3160828AS 160GB 887 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 148GB free Firmware: 8.04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 56 46 53966148 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9604 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 167468081 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 45362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7834 (C2) HDA temperature 31 54 38654705695 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 46 53966148 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32% Below average	Read 56 Write 55.4 Mixed 54.7 42% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GB 550 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 90%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $29Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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