Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130123
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 12 '17 at 18:32
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
69.7% Good
Memory 88
1-Core 73.4
2-Core 145
62% 102 Pts
4-Core 279
8-Core 439
44% 359 Pts
64-Core 438
27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
110% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 176
Parallax 174
114% 163 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 172
Splatting 119
110% 136 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 110%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
63.5% Good
Read 479
Write 177
Mixed 234
65% 297 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 51.7
4K Mixed 20.1
91% 32.3 MB/s
DQ Read 150
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 54.3
64% 111 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 63.5%
Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
931GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 182
Mixed 161
129% 172 MB/s
4K Read 1.24
4K Write 2.47
4K Mixed 0.38
139% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 102%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
111GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
86.1% Excellent
Read 153
Write 147
Mixed 134
109% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1.16
4K Write 2.17
4K Mixed 0.34
126% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 86.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
45.8% Average
MC Read 18
MC Write 15.1
MC Mixed 15.6
46% 16.2 GB/s
SC Read 10.1
SC Write 8.3
SC Mixed 12.8
30% 10.4 GB/s
Latency 69.6
58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 45.8%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-990FXA-UD5 Builds (Compare 331 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 - $192

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $490
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