Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.8% 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	46.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 00:01
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (72^nd percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 69.5 2-Core 126 57% 92.5 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 400 39% 322 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.8% Average	Lighting 60.5 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 62.4 49% 62.4 fps	MRender 69.5 Gravity 57 Splatting 52.1 48% 59.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 255GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 775 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1769491 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 474 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 42 180389675036 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21474836485 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 300 (EA) Unknown 100 100 403 (F1) Unknown 253 253 378 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1061 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.5% Above average	Read 383 Write 276 Mixed 263 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 12.6 61% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 87.3 DQ Mixed 40.9 51% 90.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 108%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1526 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 100 68722032668 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 22463 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 73 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22463 (F2) Unknown 100 100 80166 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7749	63% Good	Read 502 Write 229 Mixed 293 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 16 77% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 60.2 65% 109 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 95%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 86638080295895 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1407 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 210 (B7) Unknown 100 100 62 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 54 55838113823 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 210 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 379795 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 44 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 379795 (F2) Unknown 100 100 304561 (F9) Unknown 100 100 30132	46.1% Average	Read 451 Write 163 Mixed 220 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 8.18 58% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 44.2 DQ Mixed 8.14 13% 24.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36140048 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2387 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20194194 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3925 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1383 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 9111404575 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 444 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29031 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 -140737488355297 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -9732395890494 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4294078326 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8852317757	105% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 172 Mixed 163 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA2 2x8GB 412 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 55%

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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 $42	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