Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 57.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31.3% 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	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 9 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-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '17 at 21:06
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (48^th 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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Memory 84.4 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 94.4 50% 75.4 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 180 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 04A1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 36.1 Parallax 48.2 32% 41.4 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 33 Splatting 40.7 29% 34.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8932484 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -84662395334420 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 694 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 120 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 34 60131770400 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8932484 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8932484 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8932484 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4082 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1473 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1473 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1754	68.2% Good	Read 462 Write 184 Mixed 249 65% 299 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 17.5 103% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 57.3 80% 145 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 83%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 496GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2038 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (10) Unknown 0 200 8874515081 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1973 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 34 (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	68.2% Good	Read 116 Write 121 Mixed 98.7 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 3.06 4K Mixed 0.35 126% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 214GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 133 117 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6049 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1982 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 84896 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 34 (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 200 146 200 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 78.1 Mixed 92.5 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 59%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 47GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 152 3216 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3207 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1008 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 340 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3207 (C2) HDA temperature 107 89 36 (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	37% Below average	Read 63.4 Write 65.1 Mixed 61.5 48% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.31 92% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 33GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 3512 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5162716 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1520 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 538574880 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 32 3512 (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 -76789720282819 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2997288289 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3265171273	50.5% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 83.4 Mixed 85.6 66% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.45 88% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ4GX3M1A160 CMZ8GX3M2A160 CMZ4GX3M1A160 16GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.7 21% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 86%

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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 $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 $269	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 $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