Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 R5

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	90.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 R5 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150401
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '16 at 00:56
Run Duration	496 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th 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 below expectations (14^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 80.5 1-Core 65 2-Core 113 54% 86 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 314 29% 245 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 45.6 Reflection 37 Parallax 38.7 37% 40.4 fps	Gravity 34.9 Splatting 34.7 31% 34.8 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2637 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 33 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14447206710	90.4% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 384 Mixed 413 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 37 131% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 69.2 72% 119 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 727GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 175 3658 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1154 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 940 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1103 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 30 (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	66% Good	Read 120 Write 110 Mixed 116 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 76%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 34GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 29 Write 25 Mixed 9.95 25% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.13 4K Mixed 0.08 9% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 20%
MIMOBOT 8GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Read 30.6 Write 5.6 Mixed 7.18 14% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.26 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.006 20% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.91% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4x4GB 780 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 10 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 96%

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 20%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 R5

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	10x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	4x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	3x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	3x
BX200 240GBCrucial $36Bench 76%, 36,559 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 52%, 1,736 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 1,520 samples	2x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $458

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 $179	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