Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '19 at 04:34
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 76.7 2-Core 157 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 444 44% 361 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 64%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HM250HI 250GB-$50 4,831 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AC101C4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 51 51 43 44 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 3 Write 18.3 Mixed 11.2 SusWrite 48.6 15% 20.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 47%
Samsung HD161GJ 160GB-$25 14,710 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 8GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 119 103 109 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 117 Write 78.3 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 113 68% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 192% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 62%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 74GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 36 37 36 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 43.8 Write 35.7 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 36.8 27% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 98% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 39%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 128GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 71 71 72 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 85 Write 51.8 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 71.6 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 140GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 42.3 Write 41.8 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 73.3 34% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 43%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 356GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 55 104% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 4,786 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46.8% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 47%

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

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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 $175Bench 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 $273	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 $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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16