Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	57.7% 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	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '18 at 23:42
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th 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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 137 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 424 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Lighting 73.4 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 92 60% 78.9 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 58.2 53% 66.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 308 380 391 384 375 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 432 Write 388 Mixed 342 SusWrite 355 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 33.8 118% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 70.8 DQ Mixed 30 28% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3GB free Firmware: SM30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 81 80 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	47% Average	Read 81.5 Write 20.5 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 80.9 45% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.6 306% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 64%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 50 42 56 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 50.3 Write 34.2 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 52.1 32% 43.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 57%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1GB free Firmware: 12.01A12 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 52 Write 47 Mixed 39 34% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 92GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 113 114 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 59.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 113 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 14.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 118%

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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 $29Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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