Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics79.4% 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 Drive147% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151105
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 03 '18 at 12:42
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 24%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-9590-$298
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
65.6% Good
Memory 89.8
1-Core 60.4
2-Core 126
58% 92.2 Pts
4-Core 225
8-Core 391
37% 308 Pts
64-Core 369
23% 369 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 65.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.4% Very good
Lighting 97.7
Reflection 107
Parallax 90.7
80% 98.3 fps
MRender 97.3
Gravity 93.5
Splatting 98.2
79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 319 323 323 323 322 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
147% Outstanding
Read 1160
Write 918
Mixed 566
SusWrite 336
166% 745 MB/s
4K Read 45.9
4K Write 92.7
4K Mixed 60.1
196% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 482
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 448
327% 429 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 147%
Great: 236%
WD WD1004FBYZ-01YCBB1 1TB
31GB free
Firmware: RR04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 131 108 103 122 107 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
70.9% Very good
Read 127
Write 162
Mixed 78.5
SusWrite 118
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 3.4
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
321% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
48.2% Average
MC Read 19.7
MC Write 14.4
MC Mixed 17.4
49% 17.2 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 9.1
SC Mixed 13.2
31% 10.8 GB/s
Latency 67.4
59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 48.2%
Great: 63%

 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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