Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 19:55
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 145 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 439 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2457 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 93% 131 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 146 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5486 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1156 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 129 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3871596727	59.6% Above average	Read 410 Write 208 Mixed 241 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 17.7 96% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 65.5 DQ Mixed 19.2 24% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 118%
WD Gold 6TB (2016) -$183 2,043 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 3TB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01M02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 38654705664 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 125 125 219044970544 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8	88.8% Excellent	Read 159 Write 151 Mixed 142 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 121%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 168GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 139 136 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4596 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 413 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10632 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 33 (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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.2% Below average	Read 65.4 Write 71 Mixed 18.1 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 49%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 116GB free Firmware: 00.0NA00 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 2708 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1947 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1016 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1947 (C2) HDA temperature 106 99 44 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.7% Below average	Read 71.2 Write 66.6 Mixed 36.8 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.32 102% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 62%

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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 14.3 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 61%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 - $192

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	143x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	28x
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	24x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	25x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	10x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	44x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	28x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	14x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $490

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