Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 55.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	26.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 04:06
Run Duration	393 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 56.9 2-Core 108 50% 79.7 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 337 32% 266 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.3% Poor	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 36 Parallax 30.8 26% 32.7 fps	MRender 35.2 Gravity 31 Splatting 35.1 28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 960GB 385 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5674 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1349 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196620 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5763	58.2% Above average	Read 486 Write 308 Mixed 323 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 10.3 54% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 42.4 DQ Mixed 46.7 46% 76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12127512 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2257 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 142921717 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65543 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 60 54 673120296 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23757 (C2) HDA temperature 40 46 64424509480 (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 -121036473360593 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19833779626 (F2) Unknown 100 253 142546829764	94.4% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 153 Mixed 160 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 113%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 466GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 136 136 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5425 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 17243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 453 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 24096 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 197569413151 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	46.9% Average	Read 81.6 Write 81.9 Mixed 75.1 60% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.36 83% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 45%
Sony Storage Media 8GB 1,020 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 0GB free, PID 02a5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	3.7% Terrible	Read 12.2 Write 3.88 Mixed 5.07 8% 7.04 MB/s	4K Read 4.51 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.01 17% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.7% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE 2x8GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.7 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 55%

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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 $175Bench 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 $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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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