Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 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 56.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '19 at 22:05
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Memory 77.6 1-Core 59.2 2-Core 116 52% 84.3 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 329 31% 259 Pts	64-Core 320 20% 320 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3212) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.2% Poor	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 47.9 31% 38.3 fps	MRender 24.6 Gravity 36.9 Splatting 31.3 26% 30.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 112 114 114 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 355 Write 348 Mixed 279 SusWrite 112 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 35.7 120% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 40.8 DQ Write 93.3 DQ Mixed 54.9 45% 63 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 134%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 114 115 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 113 72% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 185% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 174 174 175 176 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 136 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 173 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 93 93 93 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 99 Write 90 Mixed 53 SusWrite 91.6 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.6 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 115%

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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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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 - $100

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	570x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	210x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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