Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 04:42
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 83.3 2-Core 167 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 498 48% 393 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2980) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 48.6 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 68.4 40% 64.9 fps	Gravity 74.3 Splatting 64.3 61% 69.3 fps
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 193 206 200 210 213 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 371 Write 216 Mixed 228 SusWrite 192 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 28.6 101% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 39.7 37% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 107%
Seagate ST9320423ASG 320GB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 154GB free Firmware: 3202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 31 30 31 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 28.6 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 30.2 21% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0- 1866 CL10 Ser M378B5773DH0- 1866 CL10 Ser 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.1% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 34%

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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