Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.3% 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	49% 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 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '16 at 13:29
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 133 63% 100 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 420 41% 336 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AE) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 52 Reflection 48.8 Parallax 42.6 42% 47.8 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 44.1 Splatting 39.4 34% 41 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 254GB 292 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 362 Write 139 Mixed 216 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 4.14 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 6.91 77% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 95.6 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 41 47% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 126%
Seagate ST4000DX001-1CE1 4TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 137 Mixed 122 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.76 217% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 91%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01D01 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 120 Write 138 Mixed 130 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.46 150% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2x8GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.9% 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 $57Bench 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 $32Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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