Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 22:16
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.85 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 82.4 2-Core 157 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 520 48% 398 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Gigabyte(1458 230C) CLim: 1700 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 172 86% 123 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 118 Splatting 133 96% 114 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 460 Write 284 Mixed 298 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 26.6 92% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 54.3 DQ Mixed 63.9 72% 128 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 165 137 165 163 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 105 Write 137 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 161 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 20.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 15.5 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 58%

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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 $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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16