Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.9% 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.
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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R5 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150401
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '21 at 18:57
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 132 56% 92.6 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 364 38% 302 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 226D) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 19.6 13% 17.5 fps	MRender 14.7 Gravity 14.3 Splatting 11.1 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 454 Write 412 Mixed 362 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 37.2 129% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 218 163% 216 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 82GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 167 171 171 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 148 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 168 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 31 31 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 27 Write 27.2 Mixed 28 SusWrite 30.1 21% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.8 260% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,926 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	26.5% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 9.4 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-990FXA-UD3 R5 Builds (Compare 191 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 20%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R5

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	85x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	31x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	12x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	11x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 2x8GBCorsairBench 44%, 2,237 samples	5x
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 4,885 samples	4x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $418

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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