Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23% 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	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '17 at 01:55
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 64.2 2-Core 123 56% 90.2 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 354 36% 290 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B A001) CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23% Poor	Lighting 27.8 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 33.2 23% 30.3 fps	MRender 26.9 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 35.1 24% 28.1 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 21100938 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 -119975616417298 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 924 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 260 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21100938 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21100938 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21100938 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16035 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11218 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11218 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18495	45.2% Average	Read 438 Write 74.3 Mixed 118 45% 210 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 8.09 74% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 72.9 DQ Mixed 11.3 20% 37.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 70%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9852 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 34284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1057 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 607 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 133 133 201083 (C2) HDA temperature 125 98 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 26% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 648GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 40155082 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2059594 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 71 370409494 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 315 (C2) HDA temperature 22 10 42949672982 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 40155082 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -41394894798423 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1433273953 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1302459874
Poor: 60% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 648GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 100951894 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2089292 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 71 404029464 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 319 (C2) HDA temperature 24 10 42949672984 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 100951894 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 117192477639082 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1434759200 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1303352857
Poor: 60% Great: 113%
Maxtor STM3320620AS 320GB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 79 2060976 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7380 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 150605223 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1856 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 31 1014083616796 (C2) HDA temperature 28 69 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 51 196331307 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 382 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.1% Average	Read 73.6 Write 76.4 Mixed 71.6 56% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AFE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 69 62571002 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 407307082 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19957 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 31 56891591426075 (C2) HDA temperature 27 69 94489280539 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 46 115851966 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44.3% Average	Read 76.2 Write 78.1 Mixed 76.3 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%
ST350041 2AS 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 213GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 27.7 Mixed 14.4 30% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.45 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1333EL Series 2x4GB 878 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.8% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 7 21% 7.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 7.2 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 54%

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Gaming 31%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 25%

Surfboard

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 $57Bench 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 $279	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 $184	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