Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.12% 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	64.1% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 14:51
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (100^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 144 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 413 42% 341 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 048B) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.12% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.27 Parallax 9.06 6% 8.58 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 8.48 6% 7.59 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.12% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^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 100 100 175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 46 231929151528 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1476400606 (F7) Unknown 100 100 46477957 (F8) Unknown 100 100 17228980 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1248 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 441 Write 272 Mixed 291 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 20.1 77% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 98.1 DQ Mixed 35.4 54% 105 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 95%
Seagate M3 1TB 2,563 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 930GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 30 Mixed 28.4 22% 30 MB/s	4K Read 1.37 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.16 102% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB 7,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 50%

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Typical GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF Builds (Compare 234 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $30Bench 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