MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	10.1% 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	38.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '17 at 02:34
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 67.1 2-Core 125 57% 92 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 326 35% 276 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 3002) 1GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 14.6 10% 13.5 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 14.2 10% 12.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 609ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4323434426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -19275813203506 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 140 (B1) Unknown 0 0 157 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 53 47248113698 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 47248113698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 110 110 4323434426 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 110 110 4323434426 (CC) Soft ECC correction 110 110 4323434426 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 80 80 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 88373 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10239 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10239 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9328	38.5% Below average	Read 436 Write 89.8 Mixed 126 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 0.77 47% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 3.3 21% 44.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 277GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190831656 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9043 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14018125 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 82222 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 42949672987 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 137542032691861 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11904903150 (F2) Unknown 100 253 232443045069	83.5% Excellent	Read 170 Write 121 Mixed 133 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 112%
Apple HDD WDC WD10EALX-408EA0 1TB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 216GB free Firmware: 07.01D03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 174 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9451 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5676 (C0) Power-off retract count 193 193 5566 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3884 (C2) HDA temperature 116 93 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (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	64.4% Good	Read 133 Write 91 Mixed 105 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992069 (997069) Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 Kingston KP223C-ELD 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 800, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.3% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.4 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.6 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 38%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	69x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	26x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $80Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	8x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	7x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	6x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16