Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.7% 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	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '16 at 04:20
Run Duration	404 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 84.3 1-Core 49.6 2-Core 100 51% 78 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 189 26% 191 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1035.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 45.2 31% 38.9 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 31.2 Splatting 39.2 28% 33.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 162 100 1954 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2347 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2399 (A9) Unknown 100 100 32 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2381 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 231928234018 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 79 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 492906 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7805 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9471	77.2% Very good	Read 459 Write 405 Mixed 425 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 5.55 90% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 36.1 74% 152 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1807 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10143 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 96827 (C2) HDA temperature 124 107 23 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.4% Average	Read 75.3 Write 79.2 Mixed 47.3 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Expansion+ 500GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 427GB free Firmware: 0502 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.8 Mixed 90.2 72% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.17 69% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 60%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 350GB free Firmware: SM28 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217963712 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8702432 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 59 504823833 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17036 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 60129542169 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	48.4% Average	Read 81.1 Write 86.5 Mixed 33.3 49% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.08 4K Mixed 0.63 185% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 65%
ST3000DM 001-1CH166 3TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 186 Write 182 Mixed 131 209% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.33 61% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 2,304 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 792GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 27.5 Mixed 15.6 30% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.17 55% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 49%
ST350041 8AS 500GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 465GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 102 Write 97.7 Mixed 74.3 115% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.5 84% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 48%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 367GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 77.2 Write 66.8 Mixed 57.4 84% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.16 57% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 44%
ST325031 0AS 250GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 233GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.5% Below average	Read 84 Write 97.4 Mixed 62.5 104% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.39 60% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 39%
WDC WD20 EADS-65R6BX 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 83GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	24.1% Poor	Read 59.2 Write 44.5 Mixed 43.8 60% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 27%
WDC WD10 EACS-00D6B1 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 77GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	26% Poor	Read 53.2 Write 54.9 Mixed 36.6 61% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA2 2x8GB 412 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.7 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 55%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $90Bench 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 $76Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $436

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16