Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '17 at 19:59
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 80.4 2-Core 146 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 459 46% 376 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 151 Parallax 140 116% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^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 16853 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2612 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 272 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1086 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 193274118176 (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 100 100 160 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 35887346144 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1137653159 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3415546431	73.6% Very good	Read 485 Write 322 Mixed 387 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 18.3 102% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 47.1 52% 83.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 97%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 677GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 139 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3161 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1377 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8784 (C2) HDA temperature 109 86 34 (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 1747 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.1% Above average	Read 107 Write 88.1 Mixed 104 76% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.3 69% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 677GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 133 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7369 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5170 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 917 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6451 (C2) HDA temperature 111 81 32 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 89 Mixed 85.7 70% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.65 135% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 69%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 275GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27043088 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62841988 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2662 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2373248533 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131334 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 42 241056743456 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1010 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 17 17 167153 (C2) HDA temperature 32 58 34359738400 (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 200 168 3455	99.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 180 Mixed 130 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 17.7 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 14.9 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 127%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 - $100

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	570x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	210x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	110x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	74x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	66x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	46x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	106x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	85x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	82x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $440

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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