MSI DKA790GX (MS-7550)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	40.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MICRO-STAR MS-7550
Motherboard	MSI DKA790GX (MS-7550) (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '16 at 00:44
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 83.2 1-Core 49.2 2-Core 99.7 50% 77.4 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 200 27% 200 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3870 554 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 21A4) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 5% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 256GB-$240 2,095 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 7 7 7 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20525 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (AB) Unknown 80 80 36031824 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 212 (D2) Unknown 100 100 17980 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 93 93 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9115 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7147 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1060577503	40.5% Average	Read 176 Write 178 Mixed 168 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 13.4 70% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 17.7 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 12.9 19% 33.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 1496 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 56 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 8777402197 (09) Power-on hours count 68 67 28876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 69 69 31 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 5 1496 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -124566936458300 (F1) Unknown 100 253 201447271 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1150036071	66.6% Good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 29.2 64% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 10.1 27% 9.33 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.7 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 45%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: MSI DKA790GX (MS-7550)

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+AMDBench 38%, 956 samples	3x
Processor Model UnknownAMDBench 56%, 1,209 samples	2x
Phenom 9850AMDBench 46%, 2,080 samples	1x

GPU
R9 290AMD $399Bench 46%, 68,699 samples	2x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	1x
GTX 580Nvidia $450Bench 23%, 15,395 samples	1x

SSD
BX500 120GBCrucial $15Bench 55%, 37,154 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	5x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	2x

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Value: 27% - Poor

Total price: $414

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