Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.9% 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	32.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 14:15
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 151 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 424 43% 348 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7970-$435 6,727 User benchmarks, average bench 36% AMD(1002 3000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 49.5 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 62.1 40% 48.2 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 48.4 Splatting 40.8 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 60 42 45 64 48 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.9% Below average	Read 152 Write 36.2 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 52.6 13% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 14.4 64% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 48.6 DQ Mixed 31.6 40% 73.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 78%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$37 7,860 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7ONS00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 144 143 144 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 150 Mixed 77 SusWrite 144 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1866 2x8GB 703 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Battle cruiser

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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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

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