Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	126% 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '23 at 20:21
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 78.4 1-Core 52.5 2-Core 105 50% 78.7 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 277 28% 230 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.3% Below average	Lighting 41.2 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 39.3 34% 41.4 fps	MRender 35.9 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 34.3 30% 36.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 213 211 209 206 205 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1,180 Write 969 Mixed 452 SusWrite 255 158% 714 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 40.4 160% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 332 250% 335 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 236%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 141 144 143 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 150 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 142 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 99%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 123GB 4,404 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 114GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 18 20 22 21 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 201 Write 6.5 Mixed 20.4 SusWrite 18.8 52% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-442.A 4x4GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 15.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.3 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	57	60	34"	1280 720	SAM0BFE SE790C

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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 i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16