Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090521
Uptime	22.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '17 at 20:57
Run Duration	5251 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 81.4 1-Core 43.2 2-Core 87.4 47% 70.7 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 158 20% 153 Pts	64-Core 163 10% 163 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 58%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 27.2 Write 27.4 Mixed 22.5 19% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 4.55 4K Mixed 0.58 187% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 88%
GRAID 2TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0000 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 144 Write 104 Mixed 110 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 3.82 4K Mixed 0.48 158% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 79%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 167 6600 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 406 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 609023 (C2) HDA temperature 106 91 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.4% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 90.4 Mixed 79.3 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 689GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 411 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 617808 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	47.6% Average	Read 80.4 Write 85.4 Mixed 79.5 62% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 40GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 140 9975 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 439 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 329151 (C2) HDA temperature 101 86 51 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 198 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 197 0	27.7% Poor	Read 47.6 Write 48.3 Mixed 45.9 36% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 60%
ADATA HV620 2TB 747 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1TB free, PID a31a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 25.6 Write 24.8 Mixed 24.5 32% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.17 18% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 45%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 13%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	25x
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	11x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	5x

SSD
R5SL120G 120GBBench 62%, 596 samples	3x
BarraCuda Q5 ZP500CV30001 500GBSeagateBench 151%, 3,172 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	18x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	15x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	13x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $142

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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