Asrock 990FX Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	101% 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 Drive	52% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 990FX Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160329
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 16:21
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 144 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 415 42% 339 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 147 Parallax 134 102% 136 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 81 89 95 93 85 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 154 Write 117 Mixed 128 SusWrite 89.6 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 29.7 114% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 107 84% 117 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 214GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 101 105 106 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 73.9 Write 84 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 103 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 309GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 99 101 102 99 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 117 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 101 69% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 194GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 76 76 78 79 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 107 Write 116 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 76.8 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,685 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.6% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 14.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 87%

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Gaming 31%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme9 - $218

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	48x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	27x
FX-9370AMD $194Bench 62%, 9,054 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x
R9 290AMD $399Bench 46%, 68,699 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
PM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 2,882 samples	4x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 16GBUnknownBench 29%, 10 samples	4x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 58%, 5,634 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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