Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.8% 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	84.7% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130123
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 00:27
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th 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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 124 58% 92.7 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 429 41% 337 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 68%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.7% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 71.4 58% 72.8 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 63.6 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 66%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 119 95% 118 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 107 Splatting 97.4 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC-WRSN 1TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 426GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 333 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4128815 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 972 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 36 154619543581 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55834574861 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 855 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1032 (F1) Unknown 253 253 991 (F2) Unknown 253 253 122 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.9% Good	Read 340 Write 350 Mixed 271 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 17 82% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 14.6 24% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8425 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1304 (B1) Unknown 97 97 44 (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 68 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34324809686	84.7% Excellent	Read 508 Write 388 Mixed 412 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 34.5 125% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 38 DQ Write 61.2 DQ Mixed 20.7 24% 39.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 183GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4634 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 536 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7134376963	88.4% Excellent	Read 494 Write 386 Mixed 414 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 36.2 131% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 84.5 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 21.6 41% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AG38G2130U2S 2x8GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.3% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 13.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 87%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

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	43x
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 $15	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