Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	34.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Very high background CPU (45%). 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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151105
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '21 at 00:35
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Memory 66.9 1-Core 58.5 2-Core 104 47% 76.4 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 189 24% 179 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 43.9 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 39.9 36% 42.8 fps	MRender 36.2 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 36.1 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 44 63 54 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 80 Write 85.7 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 52.8 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.4 119% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 C18 2x8GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 10.6 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.9 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 52%

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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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Gaming 36%

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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 $40	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