Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.4% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 03:01
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 GHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 142 60% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 430 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Lighting 29.5 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 35.3 24% 32.2 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 37.3 25% 29.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 123 121 115 94 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 409 Write 366 Mixed 272 SusWrite 143 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 36.1 134% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 148 140% 218 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 108%
Intel SS DSCKKW240H6 240GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 101GB free Firmware: LSB SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 102 102 103 103 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 416 Write 359 Mixed 334 SusWrite 130 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 29.1 102% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 222 172% 235 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 89%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 77GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 129 131 131 129 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 174 Write 168 Mixed 130 SusWrite 131 112% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.5 313% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 111%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 69GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 76 71 71 75 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 68.2 Write 79.5 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 74.3 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 69%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.1 2.4 3.4 2.7 1.9 3.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	4.85% Terrible	Read 20.9 Write 2 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 2.6 7% 7.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.85% Great: 9%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,287 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 9GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 9.6 9.1 8.6 9.6 9.6 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	5.52% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 5.2 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 9 12% 10 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.52% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 780 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 96%

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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 $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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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 $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