Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 55.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	75.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	29.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 00:13
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 940 3,675 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Memory 81.3 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 94 48% 74.2 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 189 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 3998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 102 Parallax 93.3 78% 97.1 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 92 Splatting 82.9 71% 87.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDRE500GB 500GB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1225C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 123 (A3) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 540 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8149 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1339 (F5) Unknown 100 100 8640	29.7% Poor	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 108 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 10.3 58% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 49.8 DQ Mixed 12.3 16% 26.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 103%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$49 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 244GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8555 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21556 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2339 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8458 (C2) HDA temperature 103 91 40 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 119 Mixed 106 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 105%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 51GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 133 130 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3266 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3266 (C2) HDA temperature 101 90 42 (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	45.9% Average	Read 79.6 Write 80 Mixed 34.6 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 10.4 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 7.5 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 45%

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	2x
Phenom II X3 720AMDBench 48%, 2,612 samples	1x

GPU
HD 5850AMDBench 15%, 15,020 samples	2x
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	1x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $34Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	1x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	1x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $117

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16