Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.85% 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	71.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	May 04 '18 at 20:06
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 79.2 2-Core 152 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 456 44% 362 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 84CB) 1GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.85% Terrible	Lighting 9.9 Reflection 9.12 Parallax 11.4 8% 10.2 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 12.8 10% 12.7 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.85% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1272 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2391 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 51 (A3) Unknown 100 100 17 (A4) Unknown 100 100 35799 (A5) Unknown 100 100 131 (A6) Unknown 100 100 28 (A7) Unknown 100 100 72 (94) Unknown 100 100 75503 (95) Unknown 100 100 2630 (96) Unknown 100 100 2449 (97) Unknown 100 100 2603 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 76 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 298655 (F2) Unknown 100 100 230656 (F5) Unknown 100 100 572784	71.7% Very good	Read 501 Write 320 Mixed 345 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 23.8 85% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 79.3 DQ Mixed 50.5 59% 104 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 118%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 256GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 94 90 1828 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7585 (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 3943 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2516 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 223 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 180389150744 (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 2663 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 8 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7388	58.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 105 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.27 62% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 238GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 168306302 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 357598205 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 52395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2469 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 175 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 420806681 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 25769803801 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 24 168306302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	47.2% Average	Read 82.5 Write 82.1 Mixed 66.3 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.53 105% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 74GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166835666 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 332125851 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 982 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 6 (BD) vendor-specific 68 68 32 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 437649434 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 55834574874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 28 166835666 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.4% Average	Read 83.6 Write 88.5 Mixed 80 63% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.45 100% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GB 2,652 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18.1 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 55%

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	101x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	36x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	17x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	15x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	12x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples	6x

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Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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