Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.2% 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	89.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 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	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 03:43
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.95 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 156 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 517 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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: 1030 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 93.9 Parallax 274 78% 155 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 130 Splatting 133 99% 118 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 405 414 419 421 421 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 497 Write 413 Mixed 327 SusWrite 403 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 39.1 134% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 72 DQ Write 57.7 DQ Mixed 100 65% 76.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 108%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 7GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 82 77 83 82 77 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.2% Above average	Read 279 Write 104 Mixed 136 SusWrite 79.5 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 28.1 107% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 81.3 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 86.9 68% 93.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 450 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 19 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

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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	123x
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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $329

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16