Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 51.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	65.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111013
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 13:56
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 49.7 2-Core 87.2 46% 70.5 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 213 23% 184 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 16.5 15% 15.8 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 13.1 Splatting 16.7 11% 13.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 322 332 327 340 333 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 381 Write 342 Mixed 258 SusWrite 328 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 33 4K Mixed 21.5 71% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 126 110% 164 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 116%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 424GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 126 123 120 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 116 Mixed 69 SusWrite 123 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% null MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	35.7% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 91 44% 91 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 - $120

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	185x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	81x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	33x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	17x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	57x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	45x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	29x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $395

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 $45	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