Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	21.8% 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	53.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '21 at 07:42
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Memory 60.2 1-Core 30.4 2-Core 44 32% 44.9 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 425 34% 300 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E344) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Lighting 26.2 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 36.6 21% 30.6 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 28.3 Splatting 26.5 22% 27.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 143 93 29 83 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 404 Write 380 Mixed 323 SusWrite 134 70% 310 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 17 60% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 173 146% 213 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 97%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 281GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 144 144 146 148 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 80.3 Write 111 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 146 67% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.3 404% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C10-8G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ F3-2133C10-8G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 127 32% 127 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 26: 3R 2G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
26%	23%	43	79	1	60	27"	1920 1080	ACI27C4 VC279

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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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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $305

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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