Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '20 at 11:00
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 66.3 2-Core 130 59% 94.7 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 425 42% 341 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 115 Parallax 112 77% 107 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 88.9 77% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 317 367 367 338 366 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 385 Write 387 Mixed 311 SusWrite 340 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 36.1 121% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 205 168% 239 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 113%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 594GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 324 370 369 370 367 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 341 Write 391 Mixed 280 SusWrite 348 77% 340 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 34.6 120% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 134 113% 159 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 104%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 390GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 322 369 367 369 367 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 356 Write 402 Mixed 291 SusWrite 347 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 36 123% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 174 139% 190 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 509GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 26 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 27.7 36% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 45%
Seagate Backup+ BL 2TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1TB free, PID ab21 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 117 117 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 113 Write 84.3 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 115 125% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 111% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 48%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 120GB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 29GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 40 39 39 39 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 37.7 Write 35.8 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 39 51% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 12.6 1,000% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 13.3 DQ Write 20.2 DQ Mixed 15.1 1,250% 16.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.7 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 12.8 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 29%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	185x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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: $394

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