Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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.
Graphics107% 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 Drive69.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING  (all builds)
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160406
Uptime2.2 Days
Run DateDec 14 '21 at 22:03
Run Duration179 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
64.3% Good
Memory 83.9
1-Core 71.2
2-Core 135
59% 96.7 Pts
4-Core 242
8-Core 414
40% 328 Pts
64-Core 419
26% 419 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 64.3%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 145
Parallax 134
110% 138 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 144
Splatting 124
105% 129 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 41 37 37 36 37 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
69.4% Good
Read 450
Write 318
Mixed 312
SusWrite 65.1
64% 286 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 56
4K Mixed 37
114% 39.2 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 176
154% 229 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 69.4%
Great: 118%
Transcend TS128XBTMT3D58G 128GB
105GB free
Firmware: Q0606BMS
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 274 334 341 338 313 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
65.3% Good
Read 377
Write 283
Mixed 278
SusWrite 307
70% 311 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 65.6
4K Mixed 12.9
85% 33.6 MB/s
DQ Read 78.1
DQ Write 230
DQ Mixed 21.8
55% 110 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 73%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB
93GB free
Firmware: S3401103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 279 53 33 175 52 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
63.4% Good
Read 441
Write 325
Mixed 203
SusWrite 140
62% 277 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 61.6
4K Mixed 22.2
94% 35.2 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 235
DQ Mixed 111
109% 170 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 63.4%
Great: 102%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/ KHX1866C9D3/4 KHX2400C11D3/ KHX1866C9D3/4 16GB
800, 800, 800, 800 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46.2% Average
MC Read 18.9
MC Write 14.3
MC Mixed 16.7
48% 16.6 GB/s
SC Read 9.4
SC Write 8.5
SC Mixed 11.5
28% 9.8 GB/s
Latency 73.5
54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 46.2%
Great: 50%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-990FX-GAMING Builds (Compare 245 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $303
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