Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140909
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '17 at 21:19
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Memory 67.2 1-Core 52.5 2-Core 98.5 45% 72.7 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 259 27% 215 Pts	64-Core 265 16% 265 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 2630) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.88% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.65 Parallax 1.78 2% 2.26 fps	MRender 2.62 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 1.96 2% 2.28 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.88% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 253GB 1,829 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 100 100 689 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3406 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 152 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 87269 (A5) Unknown 100 100 102 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 115517 (F2) Unknown 100 100 202509 (F5) Unknown 100 100 349076	55.4% Above average	Read 408 Write 267 Mixed 318 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 13.2 70% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 79.1 DQ Mixed 13.3 21% 38 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 180GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	59% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 100 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.42 96% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 6.4 19% 6.67 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 5.6 15% 5.4 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 46%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $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