Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 52.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	91.8% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 03:46
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Memory 60.4 1-Core 69 2-Core 132 51% 87.1 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 377 38% 308 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon X1300 685 User benchmarks, average bench 0% MSI(1462 0400) 256MB Driver: atiumd64.dll Ver. 8.34.0.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 0% Great: 0%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20273 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 966 (B1) Unknown 94 94 341 (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 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 345 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52906133866	91.8% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 448 Mixed 477 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 36.5 123% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 71.8 73% 119 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 124%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 684GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8558 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4098 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3879 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 38 (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	57.9% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 104 Mixed 32.5 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.31 104% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 83%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 585GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 22.4 Mixed 21.5 28% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.07 28% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 4,775 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8 21% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 35%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $129Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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