Gigabyte GA-790XT-USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.3% 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	40.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-790XT-USB3 (all builds)
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100513
Uptime	12.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 22:53
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 86 1-Core 46.7 2-Core 82.1 49% 71.6 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 174 23% 171 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.301.1001.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 33.8 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 40.5 28% 35.5 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 37.9 27% 32.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8584 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1233 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 250 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 58 180389543969 (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 19 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 21761324996 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1306417937 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3477047378	40.7% Average	Read 170 Write 200 Mixed 132 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 14.5 68% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 44.4 DQ Mixed 12.5 15% 26.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 97%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 129GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 117 117 25791299912 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9740 (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 97 97 26500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3935 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 9988 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 9988 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 206159216673 (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	34.2% Below average	Read 67.7 Write 51.4 Mixed 61.6 46% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.29 67% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 98GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69875954 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9899 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 219061541 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3070 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 46 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 521535517 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 15 69875954 (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 -79856326915587 (F1) Unknown 100 253 728975350 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1028672350	55.8% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 98.3 Mixed 91.6 72% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.22 65% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 26GB free Firmware: CR100-13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7360 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17465 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14976 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4471 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 806078 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 37 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 26 (C2) HDA temperature 151 115 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 806078 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	25.4% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 48.7 Mixed 45.5 34% 44.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.29 62% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 44%

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 as expected (41^st percentile)	32.8% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.1 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 65%

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Gaming 17%

Surfboard

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-790XT-USB3

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	8x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	4x
Athlon II X4 630AMDBench 45%, 7,197 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	6x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	2x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
535 Series 240GBIntel $200Bench 79%, 9,142 samples	2x
320 Series 120GBIntel $89Bench 40%, 9,651 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	6x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	4x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	3x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $212

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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