Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 19:57
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (98^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 77.7 2-Core 153 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 455 45% 370 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 113 67% 84.1 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 75.2 62% 74.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$160 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1856 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 369 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5620312472	96% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 383 Mixed 412 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 40 140% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 90 98% 166 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 134%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 36GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36747740192033 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 842 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 665 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 48 73017589791 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 665 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 234086 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 35 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 84 84 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 234086 (F2) Unknown 100 100 129980 (F9) Unknown 100 100 81651	47.5% Average	Read 264 Write 202 Mixed 205 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 12.8 76% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 12.5 22% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 2026440 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1025 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7839672 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 375 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 60331 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 68719476767 (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 -123407295307490 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5258894382 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14331755643	98.8% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 155 Mixed 152 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 113%
Hdt72252 5DLA380 250GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 232GB free Firmware: V44O Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21492662531 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4696 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 140 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 67473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3584 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7355 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7355 (C2) HDA temperature 152 152 227634053156 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 165 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	29.1% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 62.3 Mixed 59.7 41% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.36 106% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 36%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 191GB free Firmware: GM4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 143 (03) Spinup time 133 133 21493973276 (04) Start/Stop count 7 7 374848 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 54072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2362 (C0) Power-off retract count 1 1 376523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 376523 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 219044118557 (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	37.7% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 60.4 Mixed 65.6 50% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.26 65% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 51%
WD My Passport 1.5TB 802 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 319GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 23.4 Write 21.9 Mixed 20.7 28% 22 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04JACC3 2x8GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.6 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 53%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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