Gigabyte GA-B660 GAMING X AX DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	311% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B660 GAMING X AX DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211220
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '22 at 21:31
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-12400-$162 17,352 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 883 80% 674 Pts	64-Core 1,240 77% 1,240 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 379B) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 473.47 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.12% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 3.9 Parallax 8.2 5% 6.13 fps	MRender 3.7 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 7.1 5% 6.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.12% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1055 821 801 817 819 820 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,544 Write 2,274 Mixed 1,789 SusWrite 856 417% 1,865 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 96.9 327% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,407 DQ Write 1,096 DQ Mixed 1,235 929% 1,246 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 355%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$73 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 373GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1943 1987 1629 36 31 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,572 Write 1,950 Mixed 1625 SusWrite 943 344% 1,523 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 69.9 233% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,437 DQ Write 1,102 DQ Mixed 1,217 925% 1252 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 295%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 604GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 160 164 167 167 157 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 163 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 159 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 106%
Asmt 2105 5TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 160 165 170 177 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 88.7 Write 92.6 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 166 68% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 162% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2E3200C16 2x8GB 17,343 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 38.4 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 95%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B660 GAMING X AX DDR4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	269x
Core i5-12600KIntel $168Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	260x
Core i5-12400Intel $162Bench 98%, 17,352 samples	203x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	194x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	168x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	156x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	114x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	111x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	48x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-16GVK 2x16GBGBench 94%, 11,497 samples	48x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16