Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.6% 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	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 17:54
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (50^th 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 73 2-Core 152 62% 104 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 444 43% 356 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 2375) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1523 MHz, MLim: 1810 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Lighting 49.5 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 40.6 40% 45.5 fps	MRender 40.4 Gravity 42.7 Splatting 36.3 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XTi 480GB-$247 664 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 187 210 226 226 225 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 158 Write 458 Mixed 203 SusWrite 205 58% 256 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 32.7 106% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 91.1 108% 189 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 112%
Reeinno MC20 480GB S6N8 18 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 106GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 129 109 196 141 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 665 Write 296 Mixed 102 SusWrite 145 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 18.2 108% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 517 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 32.5 121% 274 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 171%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 175 180 180 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 116 Write 163 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 174 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.9 269% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C11D3L Corsair CM3X2G1600C9D KHX1866C10D3/ Corsair CM3X2G1600C9D 20GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 933, 533, 933, 533 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.3% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.2 20% 7 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.9 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 45%

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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 $90Bench 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 $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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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