Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.6% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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 @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130715
Uptime	17 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 22:47
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 (87^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 74 2-Core 139 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 466 44% 362 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% PowerColor(148C 2358) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.0.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 59.9 Parallax 81.5 54% 69.1 fps	MRender 59.1 Gravity 57.5 Splatting 75.5 54% 64.1 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 80 6554279 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 108 (03) Spinup time 112 112 51582141053 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13339 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2425 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14089 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14089 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 287763464235 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.3% Above average	Read 108 Write 94.7 Mixed 100 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.42 88% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 199GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 187 151 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 51 51 49738 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3984 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 406 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 847699 (C2) HDA temperature 109 86 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	34.5% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 58.9 Mixed 29.3 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.32 75% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 43%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 136GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10330 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 84 3453 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3746 (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 7322 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 283 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2286 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 201 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 52 210454249511 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1132 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 283 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 159147	27.6% Poor	Read 61.2 Write 34.6 Mixed 23 29% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.29 70% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 112GB free Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7028 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 921846052 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 48581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3455 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 33 773390379 (C2) HDA temperature 43 67 47244640299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 53 87964592 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	39.6% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 67.1 Mixed 42.8 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992069 (99706 2x8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 9.6 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 50%

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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 $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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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