Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 65.5%, 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 Drive65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING  (all builds)
Memory28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160406
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 13 '18 at 00:57
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd 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 (90th percentile)
65.5% Good
Memory 83.8
1-Core 73.6
2-Core 145
61% 101 Pts
4-Core 256
8-Core 440
42% 348 Pts
64-Core 438
27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 65.5%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Gigabyte(1458 3745) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 153
Parallax 130
112% 140 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 147
Splatting 116
104% 128 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT0AB0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 128 129 128 128 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
65.3% Good
Read 470
Write 132
Mixed 127
SusWrite 128
47% 214 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 70
4K Mixed 19.7
104% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 237
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 46.5
71% 137 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
51GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 3,444
Write 2,795
Mixed 2,843
674% 3,028 MB/s
4K Read 227
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 146
599% 167 MB/s
DQ Read 524
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 440
327% 437 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98
39GB free
Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 140 61 52 53 42 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
86.1% Excellent
Read 608
Write 317
Mixed 393
SusWrite 106
79% 356 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 90.8
4K Mixed 41.8
147% 54.2 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 172
144% 203 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 86.1%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
44% Average
MC Read 16.8
MC Write 15.1
MC Mixed 15
45% 15.6 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 8.8
SC Mixed 11.3
29% 10 GB/s
Latency 73.8
54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 44%
Great: 95%

 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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