Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.3% 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	45.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '18 at 18:00
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th 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 4.75 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 81.3 2-Core 164 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 496 48% 394 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1672 MHz, MLim: 1060 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 92.2 Parallax 270 64% 147 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 130 Splatting 129 97% 116 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 78 70 78 81 66 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.6% Average	Read 155 Write 94.5 Mixed 138 SusWrite 73.7 26% 115 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 28.6 99% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 80.7 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 84.5 66% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 75%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 181GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 340 334 340 337 340 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 488 Write 399 Mixed 332 SusWrite 334 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 37.1 126% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 56.4 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 52.7 48% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 183GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 46 47 46 47 46 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-8G F3-12800CL7-4 F3-1600C11-8G F3-12800CL7-4 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 15.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.6 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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