Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.8% 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	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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '17 at 21:09
Run Duration	429 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 141 60% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 362 39% 310 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.6.1 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 59.1 38% 45.7 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 45.8 Splatting 38.4 31% 38 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81564560 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2049 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9594372 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 567 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 622198821 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25983 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 42949672997 (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 -49108656061519 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9661381842 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4018044696	85.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 145 Mixed 115 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 214GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113402992 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 17226298754 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1753 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 689307689 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44494 (C2) HDA temperature 41 51 42949673001 (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 -33814277518862 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30527244742 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35752036962	72.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 120 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.27 78% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4652 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4648 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4461 (C2) HDA temperature 101 93 42 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.6% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 110 Mixed 110 77% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.2 60% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 101GB free Firmware: CC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 8848 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6747 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61085508 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3059 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 622198821 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8065 (C2) HDA temperature 37 47 38654705701 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 13 8848 (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 87269440500854 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1781439142 (F2) Unknown 100 253 467944467	45.6% Average	Read 83.2 Write 75.8 Mixed 79.9 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.44 79% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 1,000 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3.5TB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 111 Write 97.5 Mixed 85 122% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 6.27 4K Mixed 0.6 239% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 56%
Audio Player 8GB 3GB free, PID 5668 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.88% Terrible	Read 7.71 Write 4.34 Mixed 5.48 7% 5.84 MB/s	4K Read 3.22 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 13% 1.09 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 738 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 13.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 98%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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