Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.3% 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	90.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 21:17
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 150 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 482 46% 381 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0501) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1300 MHz, MLim: 1655 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Lighting 67 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 82.1 55% 72.1 fps	MRender 59.9 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 53.2 48% 59.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 448GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 1,156 Write 286 Mixed 428 135% 623 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 11.2 87% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 10.7 18% 33.3 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 155%
Seagate ST3500418AS 500GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 131GB free Firmware: CC38 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 107 Mixed 107 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.41 90% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 50%

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Gaming 31%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	41x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	17x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	13x

GPU
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	7x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	7x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	3x
SD8SBBU120G1122 120GBSandiskBench 47%, 2,087 samples	3x

RAM
DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x4GBAdataBench 41%, 1,140 samples	6x
BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GBCrucialBench 43%, 4,102 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	3x

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Total price: $305

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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