MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	43.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 21:44
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 144 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 435 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.9% Average	Lighting 50.2 Reflection 55.3 Parallax 80.3 41% 61.9 fps	MRender 55.7 Gravity 50.3 Splatting 71 50% 59 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9156 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5954 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5978 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3459 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2639 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684511260 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 87 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5977	71.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 118 Mixed 100 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 3.21 4K Mixed 0.59 157% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 75%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 756GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 149 149 34382545318 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 869 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 11 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 820 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 881 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 881 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 176094969888 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 88 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 64 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 125 Mixed 5.68 65% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.17 88% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 201GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 196039865 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4490 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27631240 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2620 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 17 17 83 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48913 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 120 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 120 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -44568875627785 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23258410276 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30065815551	61.8% Good	Read 106 Write 109 Mixed 25.2 58% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.19 57% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5542970 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 362463425 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4668 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BC) Unknown 100 99 103 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 487784477 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 27 5542970 (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 78370268276335 (F1) Unknown 100 253 265860613 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3793948308	47.2% Average	Read 76.8 Write 87.5 Mixed 38 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 80%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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