Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '20 at 20:42
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 82.3 2-Core 164 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 415 42% 338 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 141 Parallax 223 114% 168 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 146 Splatting 97.8 97% 121 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 143 148 153 131 162 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.8% Average	Read 272 Write 239 Mixed 213 SusWrite 151 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 23 63% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 69.9 DQ Mixed 91.1 76% 112 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 83%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 581GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 282 362 336 311 371 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 435 Write 371 Mixed 358 SusWrite 325 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 23.5 79% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 38.4 DQ Mixed 88.5 80% 129 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 286GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 67 85 83 75 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 90.9 Write 82 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 79.7 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 134% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 68%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 113 131 141 120 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 130 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 129 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 598 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 14.6 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 55%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $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