Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 22 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '18 at 22:34
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 76.2 2-Core 143 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 450 42% 349 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 223GB free Firmware: 0C4005T3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 12961 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 461 (64) Unknown 100 100 10280000 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 194 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 155 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 100 240519086125 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 1 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 4 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (EA) Unknown 100 100 38948 (F1) Unknown 100 100 26193 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20173 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 22084	102% Outstanding	Read 687 Write 631 Mixed 689 149% 669 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 16.6 96% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 15.6 59% 130 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 159%
AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 239GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 222GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 494 Write 192 Mixed 300 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 20.6 108% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 19.3 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 11.7 25% 48.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 81%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 318GB 207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 145 Write 121 Mixed 143 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 4.32 4K Mixed 0.54 172% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 142GB free Firmware: 1805 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 95.5 Mixed 85.8 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.3 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 66%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 138GB free Firmware: 0107 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 67.8 Write 72.8 Mixed 68.3 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 64%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,921 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 19GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	3.11% Terrible	Read 10.3 Write 4.51 Mixed 7.31 9% 7.37 MB/s	4K Read 2.66 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.003 10% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.11% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata Kingston KHX2400C11D3/ Kingston 99U5471-012.A Kingston KHX2400C11D3/ 22GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 2048, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.9% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 11.6 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 42%

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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 $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