Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.1% 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	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '16 at 02:52
Run Duration	448 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 435 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 118 Parallax 111 96% 115 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$200 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 454GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.4% Average	Read 206 Write 130 Mixed 219 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 15.9 104% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 62.2 DQ Mixed 54 39% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 237%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 332GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1759 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 192 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3315976484	91.8% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 379 Mixed 402 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 36.3 138% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 21.1 53% 114 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 597GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 1408 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2137 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4619110837 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 55808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1074 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 103 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 54 404029464 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2315 (C2) HDA temperature 24 46 73014444056 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 6 1408 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -85285165560410 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2901752516 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1030084868	60.2% Good	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 91.8 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.67 120% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 382GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 628 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25049 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 502 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 134 Mixed 128 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.33 120% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 109%
ST4000DX 001-1CE168 4TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 151 Write 144 Mixed 134 182% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.61 208% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 70%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 3.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 155 Write 163 Mixed 98 174% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.21 52% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%
ST4000DX 001-1CE168 4TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 122 Write 124 Mixed 115 155% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.58 204% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 70%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 5.06 Mixed 6.88 14% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.81 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 1.21 93% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 1,012 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 15.4 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 99%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	122x
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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $303

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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