Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	203% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '16 at 17:28
Run Duration	7262 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 82.8 1-Core 41.8 2-Core 86.6 47% 70.4 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 244 25% 204 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.5% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 78.8 63% 79.3 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 64.4 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,202 Write 858 Mixed 1,024 228% 1,028 MB/s	4K Read 65.7 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 71.8 274% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 485 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 185 202% 341 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%
OCZ AGILITY4 128GB 1,160 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 16GB free Firmware: 1.5. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3949 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 627 (E8) Unknown 100 100 6451235071 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	49.3% Average	Read 295 Write 276 Mixed 203 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 14.8 57% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 40.4 DQ Mixed 36.4 36% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 81%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 690GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 749 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 693 (C2) HDA temperature 125 102 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78% Very good	Read 166 Write 106 Mixed 90.9 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.38 119% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 76%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 92GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2307 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1438 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2163 (C2) HDA temperature 121 89 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.5% Above average	Read 119 Write 88.7 Mixed 105 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.29 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2F2G64CB88B7 M2F2G64CB88B7 12GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.9% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 12.8 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 8.2 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16