Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 57.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.4% 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.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130204
Uptime	17.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 15:25
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Memory 83.6 1-Core 62.9 2-Core 116 55% 87.4 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 176 24% 179 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% PwrHis(1787 2305) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 19.1 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 17.2 16% 16.5 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 13.8 Splatting 17.5 12% 14.5 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 84 88 88 81 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 73.7 Write 98.5 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 84.3 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 207 212 211 212 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 172 Mixed 87 SusWrite 211 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 4,751 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 8.2 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 53%

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Typical GA-990XA-UD3 Builds (Compare 562 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 67%

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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 $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 $279	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 $184	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