Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.59% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091211
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '20 at 19:01
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	10%

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 Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 55.2 2-Core 112 54% 84.1 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 222 30% 224 Pts	64-Core 223 14% 223 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 1280) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.59% Terrible	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 8.77 Parallax 5.38 10% 8.63 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 9.37 Splatting 6.78 7% 8.38 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.59% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD4500HLHX-01JJPV0 450GB 847 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 105 117 126 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 129 Write 122 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 114 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 81%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 74 73 75 75 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 83.7 Write 84.6 Mixed 44 SusWrite 73.3 52% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 51%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 778GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 73 73 75 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 73.1 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 199% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 62%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 124GB 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 96GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 48 38 49 53 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 87.3 Write 57 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 45.4 81% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1 54% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 2048, 1024, 1024 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 11 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 8.5 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 46%

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Typical GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Builds (Compare 10 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	4x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x
Phenom 9500AMDBench 15%, 1,146 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples	3x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	1x
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	1x

SSD
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	2x
SATA-III SSD 120GBVerbatimBench 72%, 11 samples	1x
535 Series 120GBIntel $75Bench 74%, 5,451 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	2x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	2x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	2x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $83

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16