Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	141% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 02:25
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.9 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 163 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 538 50% 418 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 51.5 Parallax 55.7 38% 51.4 fps	MRender 50.5 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 37 34% 42.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,371 Write 772 Mixed 785 215% 976 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 19.9 121% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 40.6 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 65.2 55% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 237%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 113GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2125 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1250 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81689424 (AE) Unknown 100 100 372 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 37 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2444 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2995 (F9) Unknown 100 100 99745899	88.9% Excellent	Read 489 Write 469 Mixed 475 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 25.3 103% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 81.4 96% 167 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992164 (99716 2x4GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.9 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 52%

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

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	122x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	33x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	32x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	17x
R9 380AMD $200Bench 33%, 83,027 samples	16x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	11x
GP-ASM2NE2256GTTDR 256GBGigabyteBench 158%, 4,456 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	24x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 1,520 samples	8x
F3 DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 45%, 445 samples	7x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $303

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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