Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.9% 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	47% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '22 at 21:32
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 78 1-Core 61.1 2-Core 115 53% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 197 8-Core 291 30% 244 Pts	64-Core 291 18% 291 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.9% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 37.1 Parallax 35.3 28% 35.7 fps	MRender 35.8 Gravity 40 Splatting 27 27% 34.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 256GB 2,573 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0222A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 225 65 50 76 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47% Average	Read 474 Write 379 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 106 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 4.4 44% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 1.2 59% 141 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 95%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100V -63 1TB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 603GB free Firmware: AX0M1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 95 96 96 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 94.3 63% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 64%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 853GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 90 90 89 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 87.2 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 90.2 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C Team--Elite-1 HMT351U6EFR8C Team--Elite-1 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.6% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.7 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 84.3 47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 44%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16