Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 17:40
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 156 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 481 49% 396 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% PowerColor(148C 2388) ≥ 4GB; AXRX VEGA 56 8GBHBM2-2D2HD/OC , PowerColor VEGA 56 Red Dragon CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 93.6 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 173 76% 119 fps	MRender 87.8 Gravity 118 Splatting 128 93% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1112 1043 663 624 620 621 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,378 Write 1,168 Mixed 1071 SusWrite 780 246% 1,099 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 78.8 260% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 552 DQ Write 481 DQ Mixed 506 382% 513 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 340%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 66GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 361 295 240 206 215 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 502 Write 363 Mixed 337 SusWrite 280 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 26.4 79% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 103%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 220GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 61 61 62 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 59.5 Mixed 47.9 SusWrite 61.5 43% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 35%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 250GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 73 73 74 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 134 Write 113 Mixed 112 SusWrite 73.3 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 1,736 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (84^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 17.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 97%

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Typical GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF Builds (Compare 234 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $175Bench 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 $177	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