Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	168% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 17:16
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 78.4 2-Core 158 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 470 46% 378 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 236 241 247 255 245 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,357 Write 1,049 Mixed 477 SusWrite 305 176% 797 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 51.6 212% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 784 DQ Write 594 DQ Mixed 599 472% 659 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 236%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 148GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 80 81 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 83.5 Write 83.3 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 80.4 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 55%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 19GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 69 70 73 71 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	31% Below average	Read 89.3 Write 80.6 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 68.8 95% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 4.4 195% 4.97 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 41%
KESU USB 3.0 1TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 6GB free, PID 6031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 62 66 71 70 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	29% Poor	Read 69.6 Write 77.1 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 67.7 78% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 44%
WDC WD15 EARX-00PASB0 1.5TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 13GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 73 65 69 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 100 Write 57.9 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 76.4 96% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 53% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT 2x8GB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	101x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	36x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	17x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	15x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples	6x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

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 $179	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