Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '16 at 12:52
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 158 64% 107 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 469 47% 380 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8583) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7563 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.2% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 71.3 62% 76.1 fps	MRender 78.5 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 63.3 57% 70.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 64GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11343 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1179 (AB) Unknown 100 100 41038928 (AE) Unknown 100 100 278 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 43 (D2) Unknown 100 100 37729 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1108 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1495 (F9) Unknown 100 100 52071943	74.8% Very good	Read 417 Write 382 Mixed 383 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 22.1 90% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 68.6 78% 135 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 98%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10061790 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 -63428077001541 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1414 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 963 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 74 47249489946 (C2) HDA temperature 26 74 47249489946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10061790 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10061790 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10061790 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38597 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15376 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15376 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10157	57.2% Above average	Read 448 Write 174 Mixed 149 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 16 71% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 49.5 69% 127 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 263GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212068969 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6347 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 340 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 559676362 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1828 (B4) Unknown 100 100 941561276 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 692 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 505217053 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 38654705693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 21 212068969 (C4) Reallocation count 92 92 340 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63% Good	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 23.8 59% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.47 111% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 70%
SAMSUNG HM320II 320GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 77GB free, PID 102a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 32.1 Mixed 30 40% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.35 70% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2x8GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 9.1 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 52%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 - $100

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	570x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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