Gigabyte GA-990FXA-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.03% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-D3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 08:01
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 84.3 1-Core 47 2-Core 94.1 49% 75.1 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 178 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 2557) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 7.65 Parallax 7.03 7% 7.58 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 6 5% 6.09 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 665GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 154 Write 140 Mixed 124 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3400620A 400GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 79GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 56.3 Write 51.8 Mixed 20.4 31% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.33 74% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.3 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-D3

CPU
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	11x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	10x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	8x

GPU
HD 7950AMD $290Bench 29%, 33,820 samples	4x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	4x
HD 6850AMDBench 12%, 31,600 samples	4x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
GOODRAM 120GBBench 68%, 5,433 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	31x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	14x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	6x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $493

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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