Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R5

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R5 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150401
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 16:25
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 131 62% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 447 42% 349 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 24.6 Parallax 32 21% 27.5 fps	MRender 34.2 Gravity 30 Splatting 25.9 24% 30 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 319 328 428 416 376 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 474 Write 28.5 Mixed 368 SusWrite 357 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 26.4 89% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 170 152% 230 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 95%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 83GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 79 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 62.3 Write 61.8 Mixed 42 SusWrite 79.4 45% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 61%
USB Flash Memory 2GB 592 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 5.3 6 5.7 6 5.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	3.06% Terrible	Read 7.5 Write 3.5 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 5.7 6% 4.85 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.06% Great: 7%
TOSHIBA MK6034GAX 60GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 16GB free, PID cb01 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 23 22 23 23 23 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	10.3% Very poor	Read 17.7 Write 15.3 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 22.3 24% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 46% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 18.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 51%

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R5

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	85x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	31x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	12x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	11x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 2x8GBCorsairBench 44%, 2,237 samples	5x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 4,885 samples	4x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $437

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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