Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '21 at 00:52
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 88 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 138 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 436 41% 339 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 204 196 208 209 210 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 350 Write 267 Mixed 250 SusWrite 202 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 31.3 108% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 147 136% 212 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 91%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 173GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 75 75 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 82 Write 78.3 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 74.4 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 65%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 184GB free Firmware: 04.04V05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 24 25 23 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 98.7 Write 29.9 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 23.4 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 90GB free Firmware: GG2OAF10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 45 51 53 49 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 77.2 Write 30.6 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 47.7 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-10-9 D3-1 CL9.9-9 D3-16 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 15 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

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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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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