Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.5% 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	63.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151103
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '18 at 22:01
Run Duration	393 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 72.8 1-Core 52.6 2-Core 102 48% 76 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 269 29% 229 Pts	64-Core 269 17% 269 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PwrHis(1787 3000) 3GB CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 36.4 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 52.2 30% 39.7 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 37.6 29% 35.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6063 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1685 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 34 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17404304606	63.4% Good	Read 481 Write 296 Mixed 323 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 14.7 67% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 48.1 60% 107 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 126%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 884GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 102 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 64 10247 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6669 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8242 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3197 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2297731 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 498 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 39 261993332770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 10 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6677	62.5% Good	Read 95.7 Write 122 Mixed 103 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.35 102% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 329GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8030 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6812 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4286 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 46 470810652 (C2) HDA temperature 68 42 674847784992 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 51163 (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 100 100 13 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.3% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 107 Mixed 114 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.33 104% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 128GB-$13 974 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 86GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 30.9 Write 19.3 Mixed 22.5 29% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.87 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.56 76% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 41%
Intenso Alu Line 64GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 36GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.51% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 4.31 Mixed 5.07 9% 9.02 MB/s	4K Read 0.02 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 0% 0.009 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.51% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2 F3-12800CL9-4 F3-12800CL9-2 F3-12800CL9-4 12GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 8.8 20% 7 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 48%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	157x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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