Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics52.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive168% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151105
Uptime11 Days
Run DateMar 26 '18 at 20:35
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 45%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.2% Very good
Memory 92.4
1-Core 67.4
2-Core 149
63% 103 Pts
4-Core 272
8-Core 441
44% 356 Pts
64-Core 438
27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75
CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
52.9% Above average
Lighting 67.3
Reflection 68
Parallax 80
55% 71.8 fps
MRender 63.3
Gravity 64.6
Splatting 54.6
49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 35%
This bench: 52.9%
Great: 53%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
168% Outstanding
Read 1,325
Write 921
Mixed 1,077
246% 1,108 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 96.2
4K Mixed 44.5
168% 60.1 MB/s
DQ Read 198
DQ Write 136
DQ Mixed 81.4
84% 138 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 168%
Great: 243%
HPT DISK 0_0 4TB
890GB free
Firmware: 4.00
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 248
Write 194
Mixed 200
161% 214 MB/s
4K Read 0.92
4K Write 0.39
4K Mixed 0.28
76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 127%
Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
887GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Read 133
Write 141
Mixed 123
100% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 2.73
4K Mixed 0.22
100% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
50.7% Above average
MC Read 20.5
MC Write 15.7
MC Mixed 18.1
52% 18.1 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 8.5
SC Mixed 13.2
31% 10.9 GB/s
Latency 63.2
63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 50.7%
Great: 100%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-990FX-GAMING Builds (Compare 245 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $303
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