Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '16 at 14:55
Run Duration	346 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 77.1 2-Core 134 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 468 44% 367 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 63.3 56% 66.8 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 55.1 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 24GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th 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 12317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6762 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 155 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1074 (B5) Unknown 100 100 12863496456080 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 112 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	50.4% Above average	Read 387 Write 194 Mixed 212 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 4.58 73% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 5.23 21% 45.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 72%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 349 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1739 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (64) Unknown 100 100 3115072 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 46 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 188979871776 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 349 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 124 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 349 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3448 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2602 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2059 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3273	116% Outstanding	Read 1,067 Write 601 Mixed 715 175% 794 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 16.7 97% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 18 59% 130 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 159%
Fujitsu MJA2250BH G2 250GB 1,070 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 76GB free Firmware: 00400018 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 242922 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 34406400 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 6812 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9019431321600 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 1951 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 12795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5972 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 94017 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 223339085849 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 29875 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 970850304 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 24622 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 433752638187 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	32.9% Below average	Read 57 Write 57.7 Mixed 38.3 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.13 51% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 46%
Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB-$77 5,017 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 63GB free Firmware: FG001M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 412 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 18898 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7991 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 119 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 283707 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044118555 (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 200 200 6 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 39 (DE) Loaded hours 82 82 7341 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 334 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	31.5% Below average	Read 52.5 Write 57.1 Mixed 15.5 30% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.19 52% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 41%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 60GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 196 29552 (03) Spinup time 192 172 3366 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11265 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8310 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10155 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 188 186 1263 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 189 174 1165 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 193 181 1257	46.2% Average	Read 76.6 Write 84 Mixed 17.5 43% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.29 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 65%
MDT MD800JD-00JRA0 80GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 22GB free Firmware: 05.01C05 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 155 2566 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12391 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8886 (C2) HDA temperature 112 79 31 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	23.6% Poor	Read 31 Write 51 Mixed 32.9 29% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 24%
Initio INI-T640 250GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 199GB free, PID ce02 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 28.7 Mixed 24.9 35% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.27 30% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.8% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 18.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 97%

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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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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