Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics105% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory12GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING  (all builds)
Memory9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160406
Uptime2.8 Days
Run DateMay 25 '17 at 14:47
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-9590-$298
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Memory 90.8
1-Core 76.7
2-Core 149
65% 106 Pts
4-Core 287
8-Core 449
45% 368 Pts
64-Core 448
28% 448 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2865 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 179
Parallax 206
97% 168 fps
MRender 134
Gravity 196
Splatting 132
124% 154 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 105%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
416GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
94% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 153
Mixed 138
116% 155 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 2.31
4K Mixed 0.28
100% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 94%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A160 CMY8GX3M2A186 12GB
800, 667 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
43% Average
MC Read 16.2
MC Write 14.6
MC Mixed 14
43% 14.9 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 7.9
SC Mixed 11.9
29% 10.1 GB/s
Latency 66
61% 66 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $303
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