Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '21 at 19:45
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Memory 67.9 1-Core 39.2 2-Core 85.3 41% 64.1 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 142 19% 141 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 200 6,989 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B A004) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 206 Write 110 Mixed 117 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 16.6 65% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17.6 DQ Write 26.8 DQ Mixed 20.5 16% 21.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 162GB free Firmware: 3.AHC SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 85 89 89 89 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 45.4 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 87.6 48% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 54%
WD WD1600JD-22HBB0 160GB 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 93GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 48 50 49 49 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 46.3 Write 48.8 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 48.9 32% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 32%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 212GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 101 102 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 25.3 Write 40.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 101 41% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 9.4 25% 8.83 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 7.4 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 45%

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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 $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 $37Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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