Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Ultra-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.5% 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 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Ultra-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160411
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '16 at 14:29
Run Duration	164 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 137 61% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 426 41% 339 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 104 Parallax 104 80% 102 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 80.8 70% 86 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM01.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2024 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 605 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9574 (AA) Unknown 100 100 547 (AD) Unknown 100 100 786465 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 222 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 4759 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2550	56.8% Above average	Read 502 Write 171 Mixed 343 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 13.5 72% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 80 DQ Mixed 14.3 38% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 108%
Patriot Blaze 120GB-$30 2,058 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1689 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 560 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 32 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18808856 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 499114 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1316012	41.5% Average	Read 381 Write 86.1 Mixed 173 46% 214 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 5.66 64% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 70.7 DQ Write 68.6 DQ Mixed 3.38 21% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 66%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1218 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 966 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1218 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 193274839072 (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 200 200 212	85.3% Excellent	Read 173 Write 125 Mixed 162 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.21 98% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT451U6MFR8C Adata IMT451U6MFR8C Adata 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.1% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 16.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13.6 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 48%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Ultra-CF

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	4x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	2x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	1x

GPU
Quadro K600NvidiaBench 3%, 8,087 samples	1x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	1x
Radeon HD 6450AMDBench 2%, 32,407 samples	1x

SSD
THNSNK128GVN8 128GBToshibaBench 56%, 2,065 samples	2x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	1x
850 Pro 1TBSamsung $210Bench 105%, 25,365 samples	1x

RAM
F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 4,885 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	1x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 60%, 1,520 samples	1x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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