MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.31% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	58.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '17 at 06:00
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 132 63% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 436 41% 341 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 2506) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Lighting 7.03 Reflection 7.19 Parallax 6.94 6% 7.05 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 5.22 4% 5.49 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 112 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 54	58.9% Above average	Read 486 Write 313 Mixed 313 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 33 4K Mixed 8 62% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 99 DQ Mixed 7.91 21% 42.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 91%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 432GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 123 123 25791693091 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 17021 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5442 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17669 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17669 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 214748823583 (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 95	50.3% Above average	Read 85.3 Write 89.8 Mixed 86.9 66% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.49 119% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3160212SCE 160GB 1,489 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 79GB free Firmware: 3.ACF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146888758 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 940814049 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 48105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3771 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 555745313 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 38654705697 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 49 214615301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.5% Below average	Read 67.4 Write 66.7 Mixed 65.7 50% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.33 86% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 13.4 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 69%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	121x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	43x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	7x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	8x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	6x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $358

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