Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.7% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FX-GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160406
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 22 '18 at 21:36
Run Duration	466 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (51^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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 80 1-Core 69.6 2-Core 134 58% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 394 38% 315 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PwrHis(1787 2020) ≥ 4GB CLim: 967 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	49.5% Average	Lighting 61.5 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 65.8 50% 60.7 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 44.8 Splatting 71.5 48% 57.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 3621 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 42 249109151794 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8251349081 (F7) Unknown 100 100 260013612 (F8) Unknown 100 100 136686929 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1906 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	62.7% Good	Read 402 Write 270 Mixed 273 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 20.6 83% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 77.2 DQ Mixed 44.7 51% 88.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 98%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 29GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14034 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12899057848 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 660 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 187 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 67 287763857437 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 223343870037 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2988 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3782 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3113 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10670 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58.1% Above average	Read 365 Write 317 Mixed 288 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 13.5 63% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 98.7 DQ Mixed 39.3 52% 94.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 108%
External USB 3.0 4TB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0104 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 153 Mixed 103 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 3.72 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.65 326% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 210 175 6475 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4808 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 204714 (C2) HDA temperature 111 109 41 (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 1 380084 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 122 Mixed 114 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 83%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SHM3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 76 49953541 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 54388 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 59 639828004 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 36 41 85899345956 (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 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	60.6% Good	Read 120 Write 89.6 Mixed 98.8 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 2.01 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 0.79 229% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 344GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 139 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7357 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BE) vendor-specific 57 50 757792811 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 310 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7050 (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	61.3% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 107 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.38 82% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 328GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 141 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11806 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 851 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 451 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11354 (C2) HDA temperature 101 97 42 (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	62.8% Good	Read 117 Write 102 Mixed 114 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.38 102% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 273GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 142 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6952 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1001 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 452 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6501 (C2) HDA temperature 104 102 39 (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 118797 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.5% Above average	Read 76.9 Write 110 Mixed 92.8 70% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 69%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 272GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 228 166 3566 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 401 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1297 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 39 (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	77.4% Very good	Read 173 Write 97 Mixed 134 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.16 94% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 101%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 83GB free Firmware: 17.0 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 95.1 68% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 70%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 19GB free Firmware: A905 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	51% Above average	Read 71.4 Write 106 Mixed 84.2 66% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19384409 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5291 (05) Reallocated sector count 90 90 435 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 17307058556 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 872 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 724041768 (C2) HDA temperature 40 52 64424509480 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 10 19384409 (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 -27801323277991 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4044413073 (F2) Unknown 100 253 222957276	38.9% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 71 Mixed 61.2 49% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.42 89% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 68%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 143 143 21503017329 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3672 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3675 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3675 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 193274576936 (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 200 200 0	78.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 137 Mixed 141 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.15 44% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 108%
NORELSYS 106X 500GB 454 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 337GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 74.5 Mixed 47.7 81% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.37 70% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 72%
ST320082 2AS 200GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 165GB free, PID 0715 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.5% Poor	Read 60.2 Write 60.3 Mixed 48.4 72% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.36 53% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11.8 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 117%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $261	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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