Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140909
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 11:43
Run Duration	460 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T-$340 12,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 93 1-Core 59 2-Core 117 58% 89.7 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 320 34% 274 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.5% Poor	Lighting 34.4 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 42.4 28% 36 fps	MRender 19.6 Gravity 26.4 Splatting 36.7 24% 27.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114800744 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2133 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 302121748 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2158 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131230 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 487718940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 460 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 70094 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 60129542172 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -79525614434882 (F1) Unknown 100 253 143975961572 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2329057737275	88.7% Excellent	Read 164 Write 144 Mixed 138 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.77 218% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 296GB free Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 170 4791 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5929 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4790 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2683 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5985 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 33 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35% Below average	Read 67.4 Write 54.7 Mixed 62 46% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.32 59% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 51%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 199GB free Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 172 4791 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5576 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 55527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4776 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2489 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5578 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 32 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 28% Great: 69%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 145 113 5725 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4868 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 45009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4260 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1636 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 528889 (C2) HDA temperature 119 98 28 (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 1615 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.3% Good	Read 118 Write 95.7 Mixed 98.2 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 54%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 118GB free Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 57 (03) Spinup time 172 146 4366 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4028 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3279 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1753 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4048 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 31 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 23% Great: 60%
USB Flash Memory 4GB 1,419 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.51% Terrible	Read 17.9 Write 6.36 Mixed 9.07 12% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.02 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 24% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.51% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 15.2 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 10.1 24% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	185x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	81x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $37Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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