Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 55.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.9% 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 (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	19.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 23:18
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	83%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th 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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 45 2-Core 87.1 47% 70.9 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 324 29% 247 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 27,834 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 C959) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	2.07% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 4 Parallax 0.84 2% 2.41 fps	MRender 3.43 Gravity 1.77 Splatting 3.09 2% 2.76 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.07% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TRO-SSD7-512GB-PRO 512GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^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 3824 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1640 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 38 (A3) Unknown 100 100 7 (A4) Unknown 100 100 43514 (A5) Unknown 100 100 105 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 28 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 94757 (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 9 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 354466 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1721259 (F5) Unknown 100 100 696224	62.9% Good	Read 385 Write 347 Mixed 286 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 16 81% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 75.5 DQ Mixed 18.2 24% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 106%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 90GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 164 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 22840 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 74444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2546 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22845 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 35 (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 19 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	26.4% Poor	Read 46.6 Write 45 Mixed 18.4 27% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.3% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.1 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 97%

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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 $175Bench 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