Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	38.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 02:12
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60% Above average	Memory 82.4 1-Core 67.3 2-Core 123 57% 91 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 332 33% 268 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Lighting 51.2 Reflection 47.2 Parallax 42.1 42% 46.8 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 43.8 Splatting 39.4 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 286 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 107 (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 70 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2706009913	46.2% Average	Read 241 Write 243 Mixed 204 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 15.3 66% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 52.3 DQ Mixed 15.3 18% 31.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 21GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4916 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1367 (B1) Unknown 97 97 57 (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 70 53 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14216455814	45.4% Average	Read 243 Write 243 Mixed 210 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 26.6 4K Mixed 14.5 64% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 52.9 DQ Mixed 15 18% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 212GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 147879766 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 213997394 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3978 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65542 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454492187 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 20 147879766 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6024 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 44762149182504 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3198792771 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1931274887	48.6% Average	Read 72.7 Write 96.8 Mixed 31 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.37 84% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.3% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 57%

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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 $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