Asrock 990FX Killer

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock 990FX Killer (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 01:11
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (58^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 77.2 2-Core 144 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 451 43% 356 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8365) 1GB CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 965 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 6% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 497 555 495 475 470 474 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 551 Write 547 Mixed 543 SusWrite 494 120% 534 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 41.8 135% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 174 140% 204 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 284%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 60GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 123 124 124 125 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46% Average	Read 353 Write 118 Mixed 145 SusWrite 122 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 13 4K Mixed 17.9 66% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 50.7 DQ Mixed 64.6 56% 86.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 83%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 26GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 98 99 99 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 99.2 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 98.6 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 789GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 161 162 161 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 151 Mixed 97.6 SusWrite 158 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 F3-12800CL9-2GBRL CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 17.5 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 14.3 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 48%

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Typical 990FX Killer Builds (Compare 257 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Killer - $154

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	138x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	29x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	19x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	22x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	12x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	5x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	5x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $494

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