Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	96.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 12:30
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 134 62% 99.2 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 427 43% 347 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.3 86% 105 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 80 72% 89.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT23B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 315 269 240 259 299 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 418 Mixed 213 SusWrite 298 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 46.8 157% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 6.3 67% 159 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 133%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 363GB free Firmware: 01.01V03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 22.5 Write 54.7 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 107 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 56% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 293GB free Firmware: HP63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 122 122 122 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68% Good	Read 116 Write 60.5 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 121 67% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 70%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 12GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	7.09% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 3.2 Mixed 10 SusWrite 4.6 11% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 2.3 109% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.09% Great: 18%
Seagate Expansion Desk 6TB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3.5TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 163 170 168 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 124 Write 156 Mixed 108 SusWrite 166 193% 138 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS 4x8GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $29Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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