Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.7% 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	43.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 15:30
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67% Good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 135 61% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 424 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.7% Average	Lighting 58.6 Reflection 58.4 Parallax 82.1 48% 66.4 fps	MRender 57.3 Gravity 57.9 Splatting 76 54% 63.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 274 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 22 (A3) Unknown 100 100 306 (94) Unknown 100 100 52120 (95) Unknown 100 100 732 (96) Unknown 100 100 603 (97) Unknown 100 100 704 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16321 (A5) Unknown 100 100 52 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36413288546328 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 63226 (F2) Unknown 100 100 78430 (F5) Unknown 100 100 96395 (F6) Unknown 100 100 104240 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	43.5% Average	Read 302 Write 183 Mixed 159 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 32.4 4K Mixed 9.86 64% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 47.9 DQ Mixed 11.1 16% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 929GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 183 171 1816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 45 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 58 (C2) HDA temperature 108 108 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	105% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 190 Mixed 136 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.35 146% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 649GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 174 1750 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 46 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 170 (C2) HDA temperature 110 109 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 11 (F1) Unknown 200 200 615707650 (F2) Unknown 200 200 343099063	90.1% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 155 Mixed 104 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.32 135% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 18GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 88 22693504 (03) Spinup time 94 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 235 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 25845938371 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3083 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4459 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 606273572 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 68719476772 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 22 22693504 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6	49.9% Average	Read 87.3 Write 86.4 Mixed 57.7 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 59%

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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 - $120

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	185x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	81x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	33x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	57x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	45x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	29x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $395

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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