Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.5% 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	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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 00:33
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 92 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 139 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 434 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04A9) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.100.0.0 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 21.5 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 24.7 18% 24.7 fps	MRender 22.4 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 21.4 17% 21.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZMPC032HBCD-000L1 32GB 515 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 30GB free Firmware: CXM1 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 773 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1231 (AA) Unknown 86 86 354 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 157 (AE) Unknown 99 99 113 (B7) Unknown 99 99 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 36 36 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 201 201 0	35.9% Below average	Read 360 Write 85.2 Mixed 121 41% 189 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 6.56 45% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 20.5 DQ Mixed 17.3 28% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 45%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 336GB free Firmware: SD25 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 81 1269390 (03) Spinup time 94 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11890 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1259 (07) Seek error rate 57 57 6486113634702 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 96 707 (0C) Power cycle count 90 37 10364 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1494 (BC) Unknown 100 97 438093414882 (BD) vendor-specific 71 71 29 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 555417633 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 19 1269390 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 148 28107	56.8% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 98.8 Mixed 72.9 67% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.34 71% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3320620NS 320GB-$40 953 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 82 60419113 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 554925972 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4576 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 639631398 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 38654705702 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 55 217323999 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 165 26652 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	30.7% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 42.8 Mixed 49.4 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.32 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 44%
WD 5000BMV External 500GB 470 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 374GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 30 Mixed 30 39% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.21 55% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2x4GB 479 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 51%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 - $120

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	185x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	81x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	33x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	57x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	45x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	29x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $395

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