Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 59.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.5% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 13 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '23 at 19:18
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Memory 83 1-Core 59.2 2-Core 115 54% 85.7 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 272 30% 236 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 250 568 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Asus(1043 7250) 2GB Driver: 22.6.1 Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	8.5% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 14.5 9% 14 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 9.7 Splatting 9.3 8% 9.97 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.5% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 8.7 6.4 5.9 27 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 323 Write 59.1 SusWrite 16.2 28% 133 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 23.1 4K Mixed 0 32% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 80.7 DQ Write 27.2 DQ Mixed 8.4 18% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 922GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 118 111 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 124 Write 107 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 116 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 74%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 33GB free Firmware: 1AG01114 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 55 58 56 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 51.2 Write 54.8 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 57 37% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173EB0- 2x4GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 51%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $28Bench 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16