Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics121% 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 Drive199% 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.
Memory32GB 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 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)
Memory28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160406
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateJul 24 '18 at 00:45
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing as expected (41st 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 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
68.5% Good
Memory 88.4
1-Core 80.1
2-Core 143
64% 104 Pts
4-Core 263
8-Core 456
44% 360 Pts
64-Core 454
28% 454 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 68.5%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Zotac(19DA 1474) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 162
Reflection 189
Parallax 190
132% 180 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 168
Splatting 126
113% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139
300GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 723 1032 1040 1013 1008 1014 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
199% Outstanding
Read 1,134
Write 943
Mixed 658
SusWrite 972
208% 927 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 68.3
222% 82 MB/s
DQ Read 612
DQ Write 518
DQ Mixed 558
420% 563 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 199%
Great: 353%
LSI MR9261-8i 24TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 527 532 533 489 524 526 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230
1TB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 118 118 118 118 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
70.4% Very good
Read 126
Write 68.8
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 118
68% 93.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 2.3
396% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 94%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
45.2% Average
MC Read 17
MC Write 15.3
MC Mixed 15.1
45% 15.8 GB/s
SC Read 10.5
SC Write 9.6
SC Mixed 13.2
32% 11.1 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 37%
This bench: 45.2%
Great: 127%

 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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