Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140909
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 20:30
Run Duration	388 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 77.9 1-Core 59 2-Core 117 53% 84.5 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 378 38% 310 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1490 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 61.2 56% 65.8 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 53.6 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 823 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 39 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 385 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (64) Unknown 100 100 148192 (65) Unknown 100 100 14704 (AA) Unknown 100 100 39 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 90 (B2) Unknown 100 100 8 (B4) Unknown 100 100 638 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 816 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 249109348385 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 823 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 39 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 7 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 257 (EA) Unknown 100 100 82 (F1) Unknown 100 100 198 (F2) Unknown 100 100 200 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1969	46.1% Average	Read 354 Write 200 Mixed 157 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 9.5 62% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 47 DQ Mixed 6.17 14% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 82%
PNY XLR8 240GB-$212 552 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 69GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -70944269795326 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 83 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 54 60133081116 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 85 85 25769803776 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294966563 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1 (F2) Unknown 0 0 120	27% Poor	Read 334 Write 8.98 Mixed 12.4 25% 118 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 6.38 4K Mixed 6.37 46% 11.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 724 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9185 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8736 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20783 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5704 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1397 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 231929217050 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 15 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5336 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 6 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8950	59.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 113 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.47 115% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 75%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 14,254 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	7.67% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 5.56 Mixed 9.88 13% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.62 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.007 43% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.67% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 9.5 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 84.5 47% 84.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 61%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

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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 $90Bench 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 $51Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $411

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $168	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