Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.4% 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	50.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 03:09
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 163 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 517 49% 404 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.4 90% 109 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8595999586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -19628000531668 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2840 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1692 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 40 64427130909 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64427130909 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8595999586 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 8595999586 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 8595999586 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19726 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13457 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13457 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12979	50.4% Above average	Read 416 Write 111 Mixed 135 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 7.47 85% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 9.08 25% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 150GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 66 9773 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3550 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24777 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3840 (B5) Unknown 100 100 15981424 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3212 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 167504576542 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 101 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3856	59.2% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 108 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.26 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 72%
Seagate ST3500841AS 500GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 93GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 78 128642519 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 636008423 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5260 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 49 639959077 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 78 49 84418877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	20.6% Poor	Read 32.2 Write 39.3 Mixed 41.3 28% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.31 73% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 34%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free, PID ab34 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 165 Write 161 Mixed 130 192% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X2G1333C9 CMZ8GX3M2A186 CM3X2G1333C9 CMZ8GX3M2A186 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 47%

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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	123x
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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $329

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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