Asrock 990FX Extreme9

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
MotherboardAsrock 990FX Extreme9  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20160329
Uptime9 Days
Run DateNov 18 '17 at 18:51
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User BGR-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-9590-$298
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
72% Very good
Memory 93.4
1-Core 79.7
2-Core 150
66% 108 Pts
4-Core 275
8-Core 396
42% 336 Pts
64-Core 464
29% 464 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 72%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 6687) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 157
Parallax 136
111% 143 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 146
Splatting 120
105% 129 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
37.7% Below average
Read 177
Write 94.7
Mixed 102
27% 124 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 57.6
4K Mixed 11.9
71% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 92.6
DQ Write 94.6
DQ Mixed 26.8
38% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 37.7%
Great: 73%
Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016)-$85
618GB free
Firmware: CV12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
65.2% Good
Read 111
Write 116
Mixed 29.1
62% 85.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.55
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.19
71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 65.2%
Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50
323GB free
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
73.2% Very good
Read 128
Write 126
Mixed 68.8
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 5.57
4K Mixed 0.67
209% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL11-13-13 D3-2400 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
37.3% Below average
MC Read 12.3
MC Write 12.9
MC Mixed 11.1
35% 12.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.4
SC Write 8.9
SC Mixed 11.9
31% 10.7 GB/s
Latency 61.2
65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 37.3%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 990FX Extreme9 Builds (Compare 104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 25%
Raft

Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme9 - $218

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $642
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