Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	144% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	141% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '23 at 21:07
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	63% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 45.9 2-Core 132 56% 89.7 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 290 30% 241 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6900-XT-$1,000 16,057 User benchmarks, average bench 195% Sapphire(1DA2 440E) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 22.20.27.06 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	144% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 173 Parallax 495 112% 268 fps	MRender 351 Gravity 203 Splatting 312 237% 289 fps
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 209%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 423 423 438 436 383 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,190 Write 1,058 Mixed 1,065 SusWrite 428 210% 935 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 48.2 157% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 482 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 412 305% 406 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 228%
WD WD2500JB-00REA0 250GB-$150 998 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 131GB free Firmware: 20.00K20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 53 52 56 56 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 48.7 Write 53.8 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 53.4 37% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 33%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 121 124 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 126 Mixed 111 SusWrite 122 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 153GB free Firmware: RR09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 112 112 112 112 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 69.9 Write 152 Mixed 149 SusWrite 113 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 487% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 108%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 33GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 134 136 136 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 139 Mixed 116 SusWrite 135 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.6 343% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 113%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 465GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 92 93 100 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 112 Write 122 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 94.3 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 72%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 260GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 90 90 97 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 94.1 Write 97.7 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 91.6 63% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.1% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 118%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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