Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics109% 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 Drive53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING  (all builds)
Memory28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160406
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 17 '18 at 14:36
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th 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 (94th percentile)
67.4% Good
Memory 88.8
1-Core 70.1
2-Core 125
60% 94.7 Pts
4-Core 250
8-Core 389
39% 320 Pts
64-Core 426
26% 426 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 67.4%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Gigabyte(1458 3745) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 154
Parallax 144
114% 146 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 149
Splatting 116
105% 129 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
53.4% Above average
Read 470
Write 124
Mixed 161
54% 252 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 51.4
4K Mixed 8.95
74% 27.9 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 22.8
47% 96.6 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 53.4%
Great: 73%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98
38GB free
Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Read 682
Write 296
Mixed 408
102% 462 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 69.4
4K Mixed 31.5
118% 42.7 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 52.9
61% 106 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
31GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
48.6% Average
MC Read 19.8
MC Write 15.4
MC Mixed 17.2
50% 17.5 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 8.4
SC Mixed 12.4
30% 10.4 GB/s
Latency 68.7
58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 95%

 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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