Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.8% 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	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '23 at 02:21
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 62.2 2-Core 117 52% 84.5 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 342 34% 276 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3117) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.1 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 14.2 13% 16.2 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 10.1 9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 883GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 329 334 325 327 330 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	71% Very good	Read 324 Write 300 Mixed 282 SusWrite 324 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 35.8 113% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 40.4 DQ Write 81.6 DQ Mixed 50.8 42% 57.6 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 137%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 521GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 114 114 115 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 110 Write 115 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 114 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 76%
Seagate Basic 2TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1TB free, PID aa15 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 127 129 127 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 123 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 129 145% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 117% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.4 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	60	24"	1920 1009	SAM0793 SA300/SA350

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 - $192

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	143x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	28x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	24x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	25x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	10x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	44x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	28x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	14x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $490

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16