Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130715
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '16 at 02:27
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 87 1-Core 74.5 2-Core 142 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 438 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 100 87% 106 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 80.3 73% 90.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6990 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1118 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 363 (A9) Unknown 100 100 176 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 245 (AE) Unknown 100 100 120 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 40 171799674903 (D4) Unknown 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2064 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 31885 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15674 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12748 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	56.3% Above average	Read 384 Write 226 Mixed 306 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 12.5 81% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 13.1 31% 60.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 91%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 32GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 8475 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1467 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 89 (AE) Unknown 100 100 139 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 57 184683593755 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24384948585 (F7) Unknown 100 100 767165810 (F8) Unknown 100 100 645419405	50% Average	Read 465 Write 255 Mixed 339 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 8.9 50% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 15.3 DQ Write 27.3 DQ Mixed 51.4 30% 31.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 243GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125550096 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8211 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 55 38666974295 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1214 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 5 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 75 36 12520317648921 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8333 (C2) HDA temperature 25 64 55834574873 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 94261647254183 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18774125757 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19526240810	99.7% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 163 Mixed 167 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 114%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 241GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 222 (03) Spinup time 184 179 6783 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6617 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 7 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2741 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 320 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 142108 (C2) HDA temperature 124 101 23 (C4) Reallocation count 193 193 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1961 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.3% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 85.6 Mixed 86.1 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.27 75% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M1A133 BLS4G3D1609ES CMX4GX3M1A133 BLS4G3D1609ES 16GB 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.7% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.9 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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