Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	44.4% 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% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 04:14
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 139 62% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 451 46% 369 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7970-$435 6,727 User benchmarks, average bench 36% AMD(1002 3000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Lighting 58.2 Reflection 38.8 Parallax 72.8 47% 56.6 fps	MRender 34.9 Gravity 56.8 Splatting 48.2 39% 46.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1658 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2091 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7817028897403 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 44 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1222 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 30 300647710780 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3839720817534 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2520 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13288 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5869 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5419 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47% Average	Read 495 Write 33.1 Mixed 164 49% 231 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 4.7 70% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 5.93 39% 91.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 78%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$41 7,860 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7ONS00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 148 148 21507998029 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 159 (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 100 100 196 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 160 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 214749478954 (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 200 200 0	80.7% Excellent	Read 140 Write 141 Mixed 114 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.44 111% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 2x8GB 703 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.9 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 53%

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

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Gaming 22%

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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 $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 $30Bench 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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Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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