Sapphire Pure Black 990FX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics8.75% 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 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardSapphire Pure Black 990FX  (all builds)
Memory3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20111118
Uptime10 Days
Run DateJul 07 '18 at 11:50
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 48%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
52.2% Above average
Memory 77.9
1-Core 48.5
2-Core 93.7
48% 73.4 Pts
4-Core 151
8-Core 187
22% 169 Pts
64-Core 174
11% 174 Pts
Poor: 35%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 61%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti (448 Core LE)
Zotac(19DA 2207) 1.2GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 376.53
Relative performance (0th percentile)
8.75% Terrible
Lighting 0.07
Reflection 43.3
Parallax 31.3
0% 24.9 fps
MRender 41
Gravity 22.2
Splatting 31.4
26% 31.5 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 8.75%
Great: 21%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32
588GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JC4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 20 18 24 21 23 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
26.2% Poor
Read 70.5
Write 66.8
Mixed 53.2
SusWrite 20.7
39% 52.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 26.2%
Great: 68%
Samsung HE103UJ 1TB-$87
85GB free
Firmware: 1AA01114
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 105 107 107 108 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
63.2% Good
Read 114
Write 112
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 106
73% 99.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CM3X2G1333C9 CM3X2G1333C9 CL9-9-9 DDR3-1333 8GB
1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
2048, 2048, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
28.7% Poor
MC Read 11.9
MC Write 7.1
MC Mixed 10.5
28% 9.83 GB/s
SC Read 6.1
SC Write 5.6
SC Mixed 7.5
18% 6.4 GB/s
Latency 84.6
47% 84.6 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Pure Black 990FX Builds (Compare 4 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Sapphire Pure Black 990FX

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $770
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