Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130618
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 19:04
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 76.5 2-Core 152 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 458 44% 363 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 068E) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	9.12% Terrible	Lighting 12.7 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 5.72 10% 9.61 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 10 Splatting 6.52 7% 8.36 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.12% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 431 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 371 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3295852761	87.8% Excellent	Read 505 Write 389 Mixed 414 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 33.5 125% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 20.7 44% 87.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 134%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 788GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 589830 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 101 (03) Spinup time 122 122 25789661501 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2294 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3185 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 197569544222 (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 200 200 1	67.3% Good	Read 110 Write 125 Mixed 104 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 74%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 686GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 89 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790447933 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3275 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2325 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3330 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3330 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 210454446108 (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 200 200 0	77% Very good	Read 136 Write 132 Mixed 104 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 74%
Seagate Expansion+ Desk 3TB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 450GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 99.1 Mixed 88 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 111%
Seagate Expansion+ Desk 3TB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 450GB free Firmware: 0909 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 120 Write 124 Mixed 106 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 111%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 346GB free Firmware: GM4OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 148 (03) Spinup time 124 124 25789792570 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2046 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3841 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3841 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 184684511263 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 38907	47.4% Average	Read 80.7 Write 84.3 Mixed 83.5 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.45 110% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,734 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 17.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 97%

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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 $57Bench 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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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