Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	51.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	129% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	15 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '18 at 13:12
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Memory 72.9 1-Core 64.8 2-Core 114 52% 83.9 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 315 32% 262 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 60.3 52% 64.3 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 55 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 309 313 311 304 302 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 1,129 Write 947 Mixed 875 SusWrite 351 184% 826 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 43.2 152% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 415 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 350 259% 344 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 280%
Generic- SD/MMC 128GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 114GB free, PID 0119 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 19 19 19 19 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	7.71% Terrible	Read 19 Write 16.7 Mixed 9 SusWrite 17.4 20% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 24% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GX F3-12800CL10- F3-1600C9-8GX F3-12800CL10- 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 14.5 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF Builds (Compare 97 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 31%

Sail boat

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 $90Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16