Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 19:49
Run Duration	350 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (48^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, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 52.3 2-Core 112 52% 82.5 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 280 28% 231 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 83.2 67% 84.2 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 70.3 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM07.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (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 8808 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1847 (A2) Unknown 100 100 16 (AA) Unknown 100 100 79 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22086039 (AE) Unknown 100 100 432 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 432 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6023 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 88 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16561 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14296	63.1% Good	Read 491 Write 311 Mixed 355 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 9.04 64% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 23.4 50% 100 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 662GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4831 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1842 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 386 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4444 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 25 (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	95.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 157 Mixed 157 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.92 4K Mixed 0.37 150% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 16GB 6,219 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 9GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	7.17% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 6.42 Mixed 15.7 17% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.03 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.75 60% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.17% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2x8GB 909 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 54%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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 $175Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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