Biostar TA990FXE AMD 990FX Motherboard Review The AMD 990FX chipset has been out for a while now, yet Biostar's TA990FXE motherboard still gets you in the game with plenty of PCI Express lanes for Crossfire/SLI, and more SATA III connectivity than rival Intel's Z77 platform.  75% Rating:    Table of Contents Filed under: Motherboards Published:  Author:  External Mfg. Website: Biostar May 31 2012   Max Page   Home > Reviews > Motherboards > Biostar TA990FXE

Sandra is designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system as well as the individual components. The results are also purely theoretical and may not represent real world performance.

SiSoft Sandra 2011: Processor Processor Arithmetic Dhrystone ALU: (GIPS) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) 110.8 Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) *x64 144.7 Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 / 1333) 73.39 ECS Z77H2-A2X (Z77 / 1333) 84.84 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (Z77 / 1333) 85.87 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 65.16 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (Z68 / 1333) 65.47 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 65 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 / 1333) 65.34 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 (P67 / 1333) 65.23 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 / 1333) 63.27 ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 / 1333) 63.6 MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 / 1333) 63.48 ECS P67H2-A (P67 / 1333) 65.25 ASUS P8H67-M Evo (H67 / 1333) 65.21 Biostar TH67XE (H67 / 1333) 65.19 ECS H67H2-M (H67 / 1333) 63.2 Intel DH67BL (H67 / 1333) 65.31 Biostar TA75M+ (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 43.36 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 33 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 39.66 Biostar TA990FXE (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 87 ASUS Crosshair V Formula (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 88.46 Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 88.54 Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 65.43 Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (890FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 65.9 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX / 1066) 43.7 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G / 1066) 43.76 Processor Arithmetic Whetstone iSSE3: (Gflops) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) 93.67 Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) *x64 88 Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 / 1333) 63.35 ECS Z77H2-A2X (Z77 / 1333) 48.63 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (Z77 / 1333) 49.86 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 50 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (Z68 / 1333) 50.5 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 49.38 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 / 1333) 50 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 (P67 / 1333) 47.88 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 / 1333) 48.78 ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 / 1333) 48.74 MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 / 1333) 48.6 ECS P67H2-A (P67 / 1333) 50 ASUS P8H67-M Evo (H67 / 1333) 50.26 Biostar TH67XE (H67 / 1333) 50 ECS H67H2-M (H67 / 1333) 48.66 Intel DH67BL (H67 / 1333) 50 Biostar TA75M+ (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 38.5 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 38 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 38.56 Biostar TA990FXE (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 62.22 ASUS Crosshair V Formula (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 62.84 Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 62.9 Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 63.3 Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (890FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 63.3 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX / 1066) 42.17 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G / 1066) 42.17 Processor Multi-Media Int x8 iSSE3: (Mpixels/s) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) 188 Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) *x64 213.63 Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 / 1333) 140.44 ECS Z77H2-A2X (Z77 / 1333) 159.16 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (Z77 / 1333) 160.37 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 123.66 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (Z68 / 1333) 124.3 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 123.7 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 / 1333) 123.66 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 (P67 / 1333) 123.65 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 / 1333) 120 ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 / 1333) 120.33 MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 / 1333) 120 ECS P67H2-A (P67 / 1333) 123.57 ASUS P8H67-M Evo (H67 / 1333) 123.48 Biostar TH67XE (H67 / 1333) 123.58 ECS H67H2-M (H67 / 1333) 119.76 Intel DH67BL (H67 / 1333) 123.56 Biostar TA75M+ (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 46.68 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 46.8 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 46.45 Biostar TA990FXE (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 220.24 ASUS Crosshair V Formula (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 219.7 Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 220.2 Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 76.21 Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (890FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 76 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX / 1066) 125.63 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G / 1066) 125.39 Processor Multi-Media Float x4 iSSE2: (Mpixels/s) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) 126.74 Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) *x64 161.84 Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 / 1333) 101.24 ECS Z77H2-A2X (Z77 / 1333) 106.78 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (Z77 / 1333) 106.72 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 73 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (Z68 / 1333) 73.47 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 73.12 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 / 1333) 73 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 (P67 / 1333) 73 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 / 1333) 70.7 ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 / 1333) 71 MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 / 1333) 71 ECS P67H2-A (P67 / 1333) 71.69 ASUS P8H67-M Evo (H67 / 1333) 73.33 Biostar TH67XE (H67 / 1333) 73 ECS H67H2-M (H67 / 1333) 69.76 Intel DH67BL (H67 / 1333) 71.54 Biostar TA75M+ (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 49.73 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 49.6 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 49.45 Biostar TA990FXE (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 99.26 ASUS Crosshair V Formula (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 100.62 Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 100.64 Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 82.15 Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (890FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 82.47 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX / 1066) 55 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G / 1066) 54.94 Processor Multi-Media Float x2 iSSE2: (Mpixels/s) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) 70.56 Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 (X79 / 1600) *x64 88.23 Gigabyte G1.Assassin (X58 / 1333) 52.15 ECS Z77H2-A2X (Z77 / 1333) 57.26 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (Z77 / 1333) 57.64 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 39.63 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD (Z68 / 1333) 38.65 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Z68 / 1333) 39.64 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 (P67 / 1333) 39.63 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 (P67 / 1333) 39.63 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 (P67 / 1333) 38.48 ASUS P8P67 Pro (P67 / 1333) 38.55 MSI P67A-GD65 (P67 / 1333) 38.46 ECS P67H2-A (P67 / 1333) 39.46 ASUS P8H67-M Evo (H67 / 1333) 39.72 Biostar TH67XE (H67 / 1333) 39.6 ECS H67H2-M (H67 / 1333) 38 Intel DH67BL (H67 / 1333) 39.58 Biostar TA75M+ (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 27.25 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 27.21 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H (A75 / 1333 A8-3850) 27.13 Biostar TA990FXE (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 55.6 ASUS Crosshair V Formula (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 56.2 Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 FX-8150) 56.23 Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 (990FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 45.12 Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 (890FX / 1333 PIIX6 1090T) 45 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX / 1066) 29.99 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G / 1066) 30.04

The identical scores from AMD 990FX-based boards in SiSoft Sandra's CPU test show that the Biostar TA990FXE is working correctly and not affecting CPU performance. In Sandra, Biostar's TA990FXE gets a CPU ALU of 87 GIPS and iSSE3 62.22 Gflops.