Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.3% 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	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	May 10 '21 at 16:42
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$183 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 134 60% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 409 39% 321 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Sapphire(174B E305) 2GB CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.3% Below average	Lighting 40.7 Reflection 44.7 Parallax 53 33% 46.1 fps	MRender 44.2 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 30.4 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$29 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 37 36 58 71 70 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.8% Average	Read 179 Write 90.8 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 59.6 18% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 14.5 70% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 29.2 71% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 207GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 137 147 146 147 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 136 Write 98.7 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 144 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 173 179 183 182 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 133 Write 140 Mixed 94.9 SusWrite 179 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.9 379% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 374GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 73 84 85 91 90 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 63.2 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 84.5 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 66 68 69 71 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 73.7 Write 70 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 68.8 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 68%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 7GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 112 117 101 106 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 120 Write 106 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 104 63% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 19 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 14.5 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.6% 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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

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