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We will be outlining the Gigabyte 990FX-Gaming motherboard's performance with an AMD FX 8370 CPU, 16GB of DDR3 memory, and a GTX 980 Ti graphics card.
Unfortunately we do not have access to comparison data from other AM3+ motherboards. As such, we will highlight the performance gains available by using the Gigabyte 990FX-Gaming motherboard to overclock the FX 8370 CPU.
Despite the FX 8370 supporting a maximum Turbo Clock speed of 4.3GHz, Gigabyte's motherboard kept the chip at 4.1GHz using a 20.5x multiplier. This is likely to be a bug related to the motherboard's early BIOS revision, and will have an impact on performance.
The 2400MHz memory profile was loaded from our Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3, however the board automatically set the kit to 2133MHz instead due to its 10.67x maximum memory multiplier.
AM3+ Motherboard Test System:
| CPU |
AMD FX 8370 ‘Vishera'
(Retail) 8 cores, 8 threads |
| Base Speed |
4.0GHz
|
| Max Turbo Speed |
4.3GHz (limited to 4.1GHz)
|
| Motherboard |
Gigabyte 990FX-Gaming
BIOS: F1 (AM3+, 990FX) |
| Memory |
Corsair Vengeance Pro
16GB (2x8GB) @ 2133MHz 10-11-11 DDR3 @ 1.65V |
| Overclock |
4.62GHz CPU @ 1.425V (Medium LLC)
2.6GHz NB @ 1.30V 2133MHz CL10 DDR3 |
| Graphics Card |
Nvidia GTX 980 Ti 6GB
(GeForce 361.75 drivers) |
| System Drive |
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB SATA SSD
|
| Games Drive | Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SATA 6Gbps SSD |
| CPU Cooler |
AMD Wraith
|
| Power Supply |
Seasonic SS-760XP 760W Platinum
|
| Operating System |
Windows 7 Professional with SP1 (64-bit)
|
Tests:
- Cinebench R15 – All-core CPU benchmark (System)
- HandBrake 0.10.2 – Convert 1.23GB 1080P game recording using the High Profile setting and MP4 container (System)
- 7-Zip 15.05 beta – Manual video archival (System)
- 3DMark 1.5.915 – Fire Strike Ultra (Gaming)
- Grand Theft Auto V – 1920 x 1080, near-maximum quality (Gaming)
- Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor – 1920 x 1080, ultra quality (Gaming)
- ATTO – SATA 6Gbps, M.2, and USB 3.0 transfer rates (Motherboard)
- RightMark Audio Analyzer – General audio performance test (Motherboard)
