Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics14.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive74.7% 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)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160406
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 20 '17 at 03:36
Run Duration94 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th 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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
73.1% Very good
Memory 93.8
1-Core 80.8
2-Core 161
68% 112 Pts
4-Core 284
8-Core 477
46% 381 Pts
64-Core 478
30% 478 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152
MSI(1462 8A96) 1GB
CLim: 1033 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 385.69
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
14.1% Very poor
Lighting 16.9
Reflection 15.7
Parallax 19.8
14% 17.5 fps
MRender 20
Gravity 20.5
Splatting 15.1
15% 18.6 fps
Poor: 13%
This bench: 14.1%
Great: 15%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
74.7% Very good
Read 518
Write 475
Mixed 487
110% 493 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 49.9
4K Mixed 12.5
73% 27.6 MB/s
DQ Read 27.9
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 12.6
30% 58.2 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
56.2% Above average
MC Read 24.4
MC Write 16.7
MC Mixed 19.9
58% 20.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 8.3
SC Mixed 13.4
33% 11.5 GB/s
Latency 60.3
66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 59%

 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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