Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With 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 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 16:25
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 140 58% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 387 39% 317 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 150 Parallax 141 85% 132 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 113 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25587 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 328 (B1) Unknown 91 91 107 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 50 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 184 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17321311025	54.3% Above average	Read 487 Write 127 Mixed 97.3 51% 237 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 9.06 77% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 10.1 37% 80.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65029024 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2375471 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 980 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 54 386793495 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3251 (C2) HDA temperature 23 46 51539607575 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -98724118265667 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2517565944 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7557405731	94.4% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 143 Mixed 159 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 190GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 100 103 (03) Spinup time 120 100 25790447932 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4754 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 81 85905244643 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 270401565 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5115 (C2) HDA temperature 206 117 219043594269 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 98.9 Mixed 83 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.41 86% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 95GB free Firmware: 3.ADG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 90 183535089 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5475 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 999308986 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30934 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 782 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 41 656015399 (C2) HDA temperature 39 59 38654705703 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 49 148154014 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	29.6% Poor	Read 53.3 Write 49.6 Mixed 47.5 38% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.33 73% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-16 Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C 16GB 800, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.5 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns

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Gaming 36%

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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 $182	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) $30	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