Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.6% 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	85.5% 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 (26%). 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	11.1 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 20:49
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 132 61% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 348 36% 289 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.3% 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 (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.1 84% 103 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 86 75% 91.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.6% 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: 240 305 356 366 314 235 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 460 Write 406 Mixed 289 SusWrite 303 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 34.4 119% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 246 189% 257 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 78GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 308 360 369 376 370 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 403 Mixed 362 SusWrite 340 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 42.9 139% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 170 143% 211 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 166 164 165 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 87.3 Write 175 Mixed 30 SusWrite 165 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.8 340% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 980GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 129 130 131 125 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 138 Write 102 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 126 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.9% 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 (67^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.1% 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 $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