Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Ultra-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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. 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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.4% 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	107% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

12 days ago, 9 days ago, 9 days ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Ultra-CF (all builds)
Memory	16 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160411
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 18:06
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing below expectations (31^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-$130 297,441 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 68 2-Core 143 61% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 477 46% 371 Pts	64-Core 472 32% 472 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 35,580 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.4% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 45.2 28% 38.5 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 25.9 26% 30.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 30%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$85 18,034 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 555 452 226 170 155 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 539 Mixed 578 SusWrite 345 121% 542 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 38.9 132% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 423 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 386 286% 379 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 241%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$149 192,281 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 874 960 976 977 976 970 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,227 Write 946 Mixed 1,004 SusWrite 955 232% 1,033 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 63 202% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 444 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 409 300% 395 MB/s
Poor: 244% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 376%
WD WD5003ABYZ-011FA0 500GB 2,229 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 157GB free Firmware: 78.06E.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 68 68 67 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 58.1 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 67.3 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 78%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 25GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 9.3 9.3 7.6 5.6 3.6 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	9% Terrible	Read 16.9 Write 9.2 Mixed 9.9 SusWrite 7.4 13% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 93% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Ser 4x8GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.7% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 97%

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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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Typical GA-990FXA-UD3 Ultra-CF Builds (Compare 38 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Ultra-CF

CPU
FX-9590AMD $240Bench 68%, 20,989 samples	14x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 66%, 297,441 samples	14x
FX-8320EAMD $200Bench 61%, 29,509 samples	5x

GPU
RX 480AMD $188Bench 49%, 203,237 samples	4x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	4x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 193,417 samples	4x

SSD
SSD 512GBPcieBench 195%, 13,853 samples	4x
MX500 1TBCrucial $90Bench 108%, 104,202 samples	3x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $85Bench 217%, 131,958 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 8,817 samples	6x
BLS8G3D1609DS 4x8GBCrucialBench 57%, 494 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,055 samples	2x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16