Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


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 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '20 at 23:22
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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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-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 69 2-Core 130 58% 94.4 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 371 38% 306 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 125 Parallax 128 99% 125 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 127 Splatting 103 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 232 246 266 271 274 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 462 Write 429 Mixed 326 SusWrite 254 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 38.9 130% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 173 143% 207 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 118%
Toshiba THNSNS256GMCP 256GB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 238GB free Firmware: TA5ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 218 205 218 219 216 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 209 Write 244 Mixed 296 SusWrite 210 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 27.9 90% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 197 156% 217 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 87%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 771GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 195 253 236 204 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 444 Write 399 Mixed 400 SusWrite 215 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 37.6 126% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 37.2 71% 146 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 334GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 276 303 293 307 298 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 358 Write 379 Mixed 250 SusWrite 292 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 28.7 98% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 191 154% 216 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT8GX3M2A186 2x4GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	42.1% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 15 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.5 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 55%

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Gaming 31%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $81Bench 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 $125	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