Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.1% 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	169% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '20 at 04:38
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 X6 1100T-$340 12,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 58.1 2-Core 114 53% 84.5 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 346 36% 288 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 95.3 Parallax 85.4 85% 94.9 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 80.1 77% 96 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 876GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 848 786 722 721 718 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 650 Write 684 Mixed 661 SusWrite 785 157% 695 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 64.1 221% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 694 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 627 460% 605 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 305%
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 622GB free Firmware: RKT30Q.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 925 850 790 723 721 719 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 644 Write 717 Mixed 660 SusWrite 788 159% 702 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 67.3 204% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 741 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 681 499% 657 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 305%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.8% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 9.9 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 124%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	123x
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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $329

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16