Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.26% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	8.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091211
Uptime	26.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '22 at 20:48
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 72.6 1-Core 57 2-Core 117 50% 82.2 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 202 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 1280) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	8.26% Terrible	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 5.1 10% 9.93 fps	MRender 9.7 Gravity 9.7 Splatting 3.9 6% 7.77 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.26% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 17 28 20 25 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	8.6% Terrible	Read 87.5 Write 99 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 22.1 14% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 3.1 12% 4.47 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 8.6% Great: 100%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 97GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 50 49 46 39 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 55.6 Write 71 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 46.3 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 51%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 730GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 114 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 101 Write 49.9 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 114 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 5.8 17% 5.83 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 5 15% 5.17 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 52%

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

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Typical GA-MA790FX-DQ6 Builds (Compare 10 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	4x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x
Phenom 9500AMDBench 15%, 1,146 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples	3x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	1x
GeForce GT 220NvidiaBench 2%, 19,671 samples	1x

SSD
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	2x
SATA-III SSD 120GBVerbatimBench 72%, 11 samples	1x
535 Series 120GBIntel $75Bench 74%, 5,451 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	2x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	2x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	2x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $83

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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