Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.2% 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	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '19 at 01:33
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 83.9 1-Core 46.8 2-Core 90.9 49% 73.9 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 175 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 3150) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 12.9 12% 12.9 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 12.4 9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 470 Series SSD 128GB 915 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM09B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 171 147 134 136 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 234 Write 209 Mixed 146 SusWrite 150 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 6.6 50% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 41.5 DQ Mixed 22.6 32% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 53%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 123GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 60 57 60 61 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 76 Write 74.7 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 59.2 55% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 205GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 84 88 88 90 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 75 Write 73.5 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 85.8 50% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 69%
WDC WD75 00BPKT-00PK4T0 750GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 550GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 28 Write 27.5 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 27.3 36% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 50%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 146 148 147 148 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 156 Write 157 Mixed 103 SusWrite 146 189% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 133% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.5 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 9.4 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 50%

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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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16