Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '18 at 23:59
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 84.3 1-Core 45.8 2-Core 86.6 48% 72.2 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 247 26% 206 Pts	64-Core 248 15% 248 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 025E) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.96% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 8.75 0% 6.32 fps	MRender 8.33 Gravity 8.27 Splatting 13.6 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 2.96% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 125 Write 122 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 0.6 58% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 68%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 748GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 86 87 85 87 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 81.7 Write 61.8 Mixed 52 SusWrite 85 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 51%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 16GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 71 69 68 79 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 93 Write 94 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 68.7 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 67%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 154GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 55 54 55 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 48.8 Write 48 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 54 35% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 182 180 185 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 149 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 181 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 101GB free Firmware: K SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 26 26 26 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 73.2 Write 31.3 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 25.6 31% 41.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 43%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 15GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 28 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 124 Write 30 Mixed 38 SusWrite 27.2 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 87%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 19 18 19 19 19 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 144 Write 16.3 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 18.3 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 67%
Hitachi HTS54168 80GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 13GB free Firmware: C74P SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 28.7 Write 18 Mixed 18 SusWrite 18.6 15% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 23%

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 below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.6% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 13.1 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9.1 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 61%

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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 $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 $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