Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	43.6% 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)
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151103
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '17 at 23:57
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 68.9 2-Core 131 59% 94.7 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 282 32% 251 Pts	64-Core 284 18% 284 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.6% Average	Lighting 52.5 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 69 43% 61.7 fps	MRender 64.2 Gravity 50.9 Splatting 52.7 45% 56 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asmt 2115 250GB 750 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 190GB free Firmware: 0 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 320 Write 244 Mixed 277 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 18.7 67% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 89.7 DQ Mixed 39.2 46% 78.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 72%
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1814 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (64) Unknown 100 100 2336903 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 99 99 18 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 251 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6629 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 0 81607458852 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 96 68 6859 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1331 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3304 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3780 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 200962
Poor: 66% Great: 106%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 203 175 4850 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 342 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 138 138 187647 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.6% Good	Read 114 Write 108 Mixed 110 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 83%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 618GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 172 4983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 311 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 307 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 138 138 186578 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.6% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 82.7 Mixed 76.9 63% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 96%
TOSHIBA MD04ACA400 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free, PID 0700 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.3% Average	Read 94.7 Write 94.3 Mixed 96.7 123% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1333 C9 1x8GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	27.9% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 9.2 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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 $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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16