Asrock 990FX Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	93.1% 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	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 990FX Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160329
Uptime	49.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '21 at 09:44
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 134 62% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 397 40% 327 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 126 Parallax 115 90% 117 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 125 Splatting 119 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 85 74 65 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 474 Write 162 Mixed 220 SusWrite 86.7 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 29.2 99% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 95.2 DQ Mixed 173 130% 179 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 90%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 72GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 370 389 389 395 334 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 448 Write 419 Mixed 297 SusWrite 365 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 31.1 108% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 68.5 104% 197 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda 120 SSD ZA1000GM10001 1TB 477 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 608GB free Firmware: SU0SC011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 285 296 297 301 302 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 362 Write 307 Mixed 316 SusWrite 288 72% 318 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 43.9 143% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 220 159% 208 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 136%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 190 196 200 195 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 181 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 196 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 350% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 760GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 115 121 137 136 142 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 168 Write 170 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 126 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 322% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 19.3 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 109%

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

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Gaming 31%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme9 - $218

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	48x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	27x
FX-9370AMD $194Bench 62%, 9,054 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x
R9 290AMD $399Bench 46%, 68,699 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
PM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 2,882 samples	4x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 16GBUnknownBench 29%, 10 samples	4x
Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 58%, 5,634 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $642

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