Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	41.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 03:30
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Memory 71.1 1-Core 51.9 2-Core 106 48% 76.5 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 281 31% 245 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0466) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.5% Average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 55.9 Parallax 84.2 36% 61.3 fps	MRender 58.4 Gravity 56.9 Splatting 74.5 53% 63.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 14GB free Firmware: 2.06 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 163231212582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -3904125260429 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 877 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 9 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 163231212582 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 163231212582 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 163231212582 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 429496729700 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10011 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7976 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7976 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8521	48.1% Average	Read 297 Write 141 Mixed 172 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 14.3 85% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 95.2 DQ Mixed 14.5 25% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 82%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33319 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 759 (B1) Unknown 88 88 430 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52498488338	37.7% Below average	Read 260 Write 78.8 Mixed 89.6 31% 143 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 10 70% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 16.7 DQ Write 82.7 DQ Mixed 14.7 22% 38 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 116%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 881GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 172 7725 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6562 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17549 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 628 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 52050 (C2) HDA temperature 125 119 27 (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	50.3% Above average	Read 86.1 Write 88.8 Mixed 64.1 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 83%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 804GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 149 10291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1309 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 373 (10) Unknown 2 198 45682740872 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1025 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 36 (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	68.8% Good	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 89.9 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.26 115% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 301GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8041 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 26500 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 886 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26415 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 35 (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	54.1% Above average	Read 75.8 Write 113 Mixed 58.6 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.4% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 12.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 8.4 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 98.9 40% 98.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 61%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 - $192

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	143x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	28x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	24x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	25x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	10x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	44x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	28x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	14x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $490

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