MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	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 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '17 at 20:08
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 81 1-Core 64.5 2-Core 125 56% 90.2 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 261 30% 236 Pts	64-Core 263 16% 263 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36% Below average	Lighting 15.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 101 13% 74.2 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 103 81% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 6658 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 247 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 245 (C2) HDA temperature 104 96 46 (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	92.5% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 164 Mixed 155 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.26 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198235512 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 443756247 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3179 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 45 45 55 (BB) vendor-specific 38 38 62 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 44 26611417134 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 597 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9186 (C2) HDA temperature 46 56 68719476782 (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 -132465381328448 (F1) Unknown 100 253 88876093004 (F2) Unknown 100 253 119788860673	94.8% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 155 Mixed 160 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3160215AS 160GB-$32 6,007 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 33GB free Firmware: 4.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8842 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 315279307 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4731 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 860 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 50 39 103954579506 (C2) HDA temperature 50 61 60129542194 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 77 64 208803223 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26.7% Poor	Read 51.9 Write 40.8 Mixed 41.4 34% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 41%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 661 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 368GB free, PID ab26 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 31.8 Write 32.1 Mixed 7.61 28% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 3.19 4K Mixed 0.39 125% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 54%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 53GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 34 Write 30.8 Mixed 28 39% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,134 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.4% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 14 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.3 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 63%

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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 $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