Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 06:47
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 141 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 376 39% 312 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 82 56 56 56 57 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 397 Write 320 Mixed 300 SusWrite 95.5 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 22.5 106% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 132 118% 176 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 759GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 153 159 159 158 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 139 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 157 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.6 148% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL9 Seri 2x4GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 13.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.3% 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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Typical GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF Builds (Compare 234 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

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 $273	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 $45	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