MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 49.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130412
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '17 at 11:27
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 265-$50 677 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Memory 81.9 1-Core 53.5 2-Core 108 52% 81.1 Pts	4-Core 105 8-Core 107 14% 106 Pts	64-Core 99.8 6% 99.8 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 5400 10,400 User benchmarks, average bench 1% PwrHis(1787 3000) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.23% Terrible	Lighting 1.47 Reflection 2.04 Parallax 1.75 1% 1.75 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 1.87 1% 1.56 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.23% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 185 100 185 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12895780990 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 32 137439936540 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 257701969980 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 322 (EA) Unknown 100 100 575 (F1) Unknown 253 253 441 (F2) Unknown 253 253 246 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	41.6% Average	Read 319 Write 217 Mixed 204 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 8.36 46% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 19.2 DQ Write 70.7 DQ Mixed 10.2 18% 33.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 93%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2010)-$33 2,800 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 232GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 133 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 943 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 805 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 471 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 177834 (C2) HDA temperature 120 97 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	27.3% Poor	Read 56.2 Write 38.8 Mixed 36.3 33% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.12 55% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 800, 800, 533 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.5% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 4.9 MC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.43 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5 14% 4.87 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 40%

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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 $47Bench 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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