Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.6% 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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '20 at 03:39
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 79.8 2-Core 158 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 335 38% 295 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 155 Parallax 148 88% 137 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 144 Splatting 115 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 259 226 238 226 228 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 490 Write 443 Mixed 403 SusWrite 253 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 34.4 112% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 255 191% 255 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 384GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 190 191 193 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 173 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 192 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 180GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 108 107 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 168 Write 175 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 107 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE 2x8GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 55%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 31%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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