Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	176% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 03:43
Run Duration	453 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 (81^st percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 138 60% 97.4 Pts	4-Core 245 8-Core 405 40% 325 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 57.1 39% 46.4 fps	MRender 32.4 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 42.2 32% 38.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,220 Write 1,067 Mixed 1,167 257% 1,151 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 53.5 176% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 80.3 82% 133 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 363%
Jmicron H/W LARGE 18TB 6.5TB free Firmware: 0958 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	51.1% Above average	Read 78.4 Write 98.3 Mixed 111 73% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 4.71 4K Mixed 0.35 150% 1.88 MB/s

WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 170 7566 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 846 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17890 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	89.7% Excellent	Read 193 Write 120 Mixed 131 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.11 69% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 170 7816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 608 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16289 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	70.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 104 Mixed 100 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.27 91% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 100%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 797GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 215 204 8241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 128 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26092 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 839012 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 34 (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	58.6% Above average	Read 113 Write 91.2 Mixed 95.5 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 98%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 797GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 205 193 8725 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 121 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 24069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 655881 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 32 (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	58.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 92.9 75% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.29 104% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 98%
JMicron H/W LARGE 18TB 6.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.8% Average	Read 98.5 Write 101 Mixed 105 132% 101 MB/s	4K Read 3.12 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 1.77 MB/s

USB DISK 2.0 16GB 842 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 0121, Home build in Vantec HX4R Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	3.82% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 4.42 Mixed 2.77 7% 7.31 MB/s	4K Read 2.82 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.03 12% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.82% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.1 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 117%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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