MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	191% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '17 at 20:33
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 78.5 2-Core 151 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 461 45% 368 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 58.6 Parallax 80.2 55% 68.9 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 75 54% 64.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000H1 256GB 3,288 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW74H0Q Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,512 Write 1,194 Mixed 1,297 297% 1,334 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 45.4 159% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 104 102% 163 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 237%
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 58GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1187 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1489 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 268 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262161 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 919 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2193	82.2% Excellent	Read 514 Write 455 Mixed 465 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 13.7 86% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 64.4 85% 155 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 102%
WD WD6400AARS-00Y5B1 640GB 2,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 275GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 0 (03) Spinup time 118 117 7091 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6660 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6363 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1442 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 104 104 288091 (C2) HDA temperature 125 101 22 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.4% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 88.3 Mixed 79.6 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 3,407 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 71%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $179	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