Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 66.5%, 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	90.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	12.4 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 20:57
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 136 62% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 381 38% 307 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.5% 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 109 Parallax 106 84% 106 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 86.1 75% 92 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: 279 330 376 389 381 238 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 424 Mixed 296 SusWrite 332 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 36.2 126% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 200 167% 241 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 78GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 334 380 392 395 370 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 432 Mixed 385 SusWrite 358 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 45.4 149% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 261 196% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 95 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 68.5 Write 166 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 97 65% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2 359% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 980GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 128 129 132 130 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 126 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 127 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.2% 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 (79^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 14.1 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.4% 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 $175Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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