Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	55.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130715
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 13:59
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 150 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 450 44% 362 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3690) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4198 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1398 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1035208951334 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 31 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 383 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 44 188979609638 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622891214342 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1823 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8233 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5133 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6010 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.4% Above average	Read 369 Write 257 Mixed 191 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 11.7 76% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 10.1 24% 48.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 93%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 6GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 947 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 511 (A5) Unknown 100 100 545482867009 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 224 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 46 231928234030 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 459570086019 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1082 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1491 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1032 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6112 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.5% Good	Read 501 Write 276 Mixed 307 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 4.86 70% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 7.08 42% 97.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 280GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112628832 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3545 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 70883535 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2531 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 677 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 81802 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 55834574880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64205466112784 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41743688358816 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -4490894175802	80.7% Excellent	Read 148 Write 133 Mixed 117 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 112%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 28GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 149 Write 44.7 Mixed 72 95% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.01 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 1.38 152% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3 2x8GB 422 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.4 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% 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