Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140909
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 02:25
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 X2 550 3,836 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	49.1% Average	Memory 84 1-Core 32.2 2-Core 88.9 45% 68.4 Pts	4-Core 85.1 8-Core 90.7 12% 87.9 Pts	64-Core 86.8 5% 86.8 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 4000 8,609 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0780) 2GB CLim: 475 MHz, MLim: 702 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.62 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1083 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 89 89 77 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524303 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1426	63.7% Good	Read 276 Write 377 Mixed 406 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 9.09 84% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 6.76 39% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 604GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 215940453 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32595240 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 656146469 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 919 (C2) HDA temperature 37 11 47244640293 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 215940453 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 146 200253 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -2864743184154 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4127837569 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4097459746	89.8% Excellent	Read 156 Write 157 Mixed 130 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 65%

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Workstation 29%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	185x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	81x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $38Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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