Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	134% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	30 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '18 at 13:35
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 79.4 2-Core 158 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 466 46% 377 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 118 104% 128 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 122 Splatting 106 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 649 707 738 702 659 641 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 870 Write 677 Mixed 648 SusWrite 683 162% 719 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 41.4 144% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 441 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 192 164% 250 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 210%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 136GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 313 315 317 315 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 458 Mixed 388 SusWrite 323 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 56 187% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 262 197% 263 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 203 202 205 204 201 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 65.2 Write 207 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 203 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 110%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 86 89 89 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 86.3 Mixed 61.1 SusWrite 87.5 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 83%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 178GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 78 80 82 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 78.8 Write 82.3 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 79.2 48% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 80% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 61%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 160GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 74 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 88.3 Write 78.1 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 73.8 55% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,520 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 110%

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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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16