ECS A790GXM-AD3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.3% 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	29.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	ECS A790GXM-AD3 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '16 at 11:14
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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)	57.3% Above average	Memory 83.5 1-Core 47.1 2-Core 93.6 49% 74.7 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 189 24% 185 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 22C0) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.160.769 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.3% Below average	Lighting 40.8 Reflection 50.6 Parallax 50 33% 47.1 fps	MRender 49.1 Gravity 36.1 Splatting 38.4 33% 41.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 70GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1091 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 996 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 75 75 25161 (EB) Unknown 99 99 102 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4732400418	32.2% Below average	Read 9.71 Write 157 Mixed 19.1 14% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 15.3 69% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 43.1 DQ Mixed 15.8 17% 28 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 124%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6998973 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -55937654057922 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1988 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 969 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6998973 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6998973 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6998973 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5223 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5410 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5410 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9639	29.9% Poor	Read 135 Write 61.2 Mixed 75 20% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 9.64 65% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 59.4 DQ Mixed 10.5 17% 31 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 121GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 6864 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7429 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6564191 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8998 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3616 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 45 504823835 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9533 (C2) HDA temperature 27 55 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 8 6864 (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 50525995274189 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1633444604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1553103592	36.4% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 68.1 Mixed 23.7 37% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.37 77% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 69%
WD 10EAVS External 1TB 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 29GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 25.1 Write 24.6 Mixed 12.6 25% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.25 55% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown JM1333KLU-2G 99U5471-020.A00LF JM1333KLU-2G 8GB 533, 533, 533 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.6% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 11.3 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.2 20% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-AD3

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	6x
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	4x
Athlon II X4 630AMDBench 45%, 7,197 samples	3x

GPU
Radeon HD 3300ATIBench 1%, 913 samples	4x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	3x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples	1x

SSD
750 EVO 120GBSamsung $35Bench 93%, 20,420 samples	2x
PLUS R2 62GBOcz-vertexBench 22%, 506 samples	1x
LCS-128M6S-HP 128GBLiteonitBench 80%, 1,677 samples	1x

RAM
F3-10666CL9-4GBRL0 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL0 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL0 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL0 16GBUnknownBench 33%, 175 samples	1x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 1x4GBUnknownBench 19%, 14 samples	1x
DDR3 1600 1x8GBUnknownBench 29%, 1,440 samples	1x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $179

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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