Asrock 990FX Extreme9

Performance Results

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


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 990FX Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160329
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '21 at 06:06
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	10%

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-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 5 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 178 65% 112 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 530 50% 416 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1950 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 130 133 142 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 172 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 130 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 139% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 178 170 174 176 175 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 143 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 172 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 2,340 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.4% 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 990FX Extreme9 Builds (Compare 104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 31%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 25%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme9 - $218

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	48x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	27x
FX-9370AMD $194Bench 62%, 9,054 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x
R9 290AMD $399Bench 46%, 68,699 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
PM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 2,882 samples	4x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 16GBUnknownBench 29%, 10 samples	4x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 58%, 5,634 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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