Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


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 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 52.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31.4% 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	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4 (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100722
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '17 at 16:56
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	MNE-User
Background CPU	9%

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 Phenom 9950 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Memory 80 1-Core 38.2 2-Core 76.8 44% 65 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 153 20% 153 Pts	64-Core 153 9% 153 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 36 Parallax 48.1 32% 41.3 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 40.1 29% 34.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12635594 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 50843822854547 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 43 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 39 64427065373 (C2) HDA temperature 29 39 64427065373 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12635594 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12635594 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12635594 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 115964116993 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8781 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6868 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6868 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8773 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3932190	42.3% Average	Read 183 Write 187 Mixed 172 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 12.8 74% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 66.1 DQ Mixed 13.9 20% 36.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 274GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 195 186 3233 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17118 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4558 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17115 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 88.9 Mixed 68.1 61% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.37 103% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 217GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 160 4950 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9587 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4534 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 294 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9587 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 29 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.6% Average	Read 73.6 Write 74.5 Mixed 26.2 42% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	26.2% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 10.1 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 6.8 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 28%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

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Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4

CPU
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 940AMDBench 49%, 3,675 samples	2x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	1x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
530 Series 120GBIntel $79Bench 67%, 15,015 samples	1x
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	1x
120GB 120GBSSDBench 59%, 4,995 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	9x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	3x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples	1x

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Value: 6% - Terrible

Total price: $79

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 $15	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