Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.2% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 20:16
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 66.4 2-Core 133 60% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 345 36% 291 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 109 Parallax 107 84% 106 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 79.8 73% 90 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 234 246 250 242 239 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 459 Write 314 Mixed 266 SusWrite 240 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 35.3 122% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 240 176% 232 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 78GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 327 352 351 334 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 411 Mixed 352 SusWrite 327 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 45.7 148% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 261 187% 241 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 170 170 173 173 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 131 Write 138 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 172 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 350% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 980GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 126 126 130 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 103 Mixed 66 SusWrite 127 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $47Bench 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 $80Bench 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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $440

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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