Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	159% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 20:32
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 70.1 2-Core 122 57% 91.1 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 354 37% 298 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 100 Parallax 91.2 82% 97.4 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 78.5 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 675GB free (System drive) Firmware: HBAF28FT Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 614 347 518 639 740 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,260 Write 984 Mixed 145 SusWrite 544 162% 733 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 58.3 187% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 445 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 301 245% 352 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 310%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 244GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 135 133 137 139 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 143 Write 100 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 133 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 211 212 212 216 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 139 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 207 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 1,736 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 23: 2R 3G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
23%	41%	22	285	213	144	31.5"	2560 1440	GSM771B LG HDR QHD

History: Score 12: 1R 2G 1B | Score 23: 2R 3G 4B

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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

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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