Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics21.2% 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 Drive75.5% 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)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160406
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 04 '18 at 22:50
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th 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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
70.8% Very good
Memory 92.3
1-Core 72.4
2-Core 143
63% 103 Pts
4-Core 268
8-Core 418
42% 343 Pts
64-Core 429
27% 429 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290
XFX(1682 3121) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
21.2% Poor
Lighting 27.2
Reflection 21.2
Parallax 23.8
22% 24.1 fps
MRender 20.1
Gravity 21.6
Splatting 27.5
19% 23.1 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 21.2%
Great: 21%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
75.5% Very good
Read 491
Write 383
Mixed 403
95% 425 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 50.6
4K Mixed 20
103% 34.7 MB/s
DQ Read 34.8
DQ Write 56.1
DQ Mixed 32.6
28% 41.2 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 F3-14900CL9-4 CMZ8GX3M2A160 F3-14900CL9-4 16GB
667, 800, 667, 800 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
49.5% Average
MC Read 19.7
MC Write 15.3
MC Mixed 17.7
50% 17.6 GB/s
SC Read 10.9
SC Write 8.5
SC Mixed 13.5
31% 11 GB/s
Latency 63.4
63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 49.5%
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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