Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151105
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '21 at 19:11
Run Duration	339 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 70.7 2-Core 142 60% 99 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 425 42% 341 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 62.7 54% 66 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 65.4 Splatting 56.5 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 34 33 34 36 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 461 Write 325 Mixed 331 SusWrite 48.7 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 27.4 130% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 173 149% 221 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 127GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 333 320 318 320 323 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 418 Mixed 412 SusWrite 315 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 51.1 172% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 0.2 40% 88.2 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 129%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 342GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 121 122 122 123 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 79.5 Write 80.3 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 121 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 69%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 320GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 204GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 36 37 37 37 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 37 Mixed 27 SusWrite 36.6 47% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer AP38G1869U2S 2x8GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 62%

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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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Typical GA-990FX-GAMING Builds (Compare 245 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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