Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '20 at 15:28
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 61.9 2-Core 137 61% 98 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 438 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,494 Write 2,475 Mixed 2720 643% 2,896 MB/s	4K Read 180 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 125 484% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 465 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 338 255% 347 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 33GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 150 146 147 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 140 Write 141 Mixed 102 SusWrite 148 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT 2x4GB 374 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 19.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 14.3 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 55%

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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	122x
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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $303

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16