Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics11.1% 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.
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.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-990XA-UD3  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141029
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 27 '18 at 21:21
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th 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 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
72.4% Very good
Memory 94.1
1-Core 76.5
2-Core 148
65% 106 Pts
4-Core 276
8-Core 404
42% 340 Pts
64-Core 446
28% 446 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 72.4%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5770
Sapphire(174B 1482) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
11.1% Very poor
Lighting 14.8
Reflection 11.3
Parallax 12.7
12% 12.9 fps
MRender 10.2
Gravity 11.1
Splatting 12.3
9% 11.2 fps
Poor: 10%
This bench: 11.1%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40
160GB free
Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
39.5% Below average
Read 62.6
Write 74.9
Mixed 78.3
54% 71.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.49
4K Write 1.86
4K Mixed 0.37
96% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 39.5%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
55.4% Above average
MC Read 23.7
MC Write 15.8
MC Mixed 20.2
57% 19.9 GB/s
SC Read 11.4
SC Write 9.5
SC Mixed 13.9
33% 11.6 GB/s
Latency 59.6
67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 55.4%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-990XA-UD3 Builds (Compare 562 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 - $120

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $395
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