Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.85% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	53.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 16:33
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 B95 2,408 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	51.9% Above average	Memory 73.8 1-Core 44.5 2-Core 89.4 45% 69.2 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 177 24% 176 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Elitegroup(1019 2023) 1GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.85% Terrible	Lighting 10.4 Reflection 12 Parallax 9.97 8% 10.8 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 11.1 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.85% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7673 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 683 (A2) Unknown 100 100 838 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589859 (AE) Unknown 100 100 61 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 91 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8122 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6817	53.6% Above average	Read 477 Write 316 Mixed 330 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 9.39 49% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 17.7 DQ Write 23 DQ Mixed 7.48 9% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 100%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 385GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 144 3550 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16276 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4515 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1040 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 137154 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.5% Average	Read 88 Write 77.3 Mixed 77 61% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 211GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 98 20485930 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23379113 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3975 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2036 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 35 13540982823 (C2) HDA temperature 39 65 55834574887 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 76 51 187552937 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	55.8% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 99 Mixed 93.2 72% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.41 93% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT 2x8GB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 92.9 43% 92.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 54%

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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