MSI 870A-G54 (FX)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7599
Motherboard	MSI 870A-G54 (FX) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '18 at 15:09
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 980 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 87.8 1-Core 22.1 2-Core 108 47% 72.8 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 192 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 198 12% 198 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.74% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 2.27 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.18 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 1.96 2% 1.78 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.74% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6490 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1472 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 87 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3130947629	65.4% Good	Read 454 Write 345 Mixed 402 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 17.9 69% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 86.8 DQ Mixed 28.7 45% 87.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 119%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 5900 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3380 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1011 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15388 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 31 (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	63.7% Good	Read 135 Write 86.5 Mixed 118 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 96%
Maxtor 6V250F0 251GB 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 42GB free Firmware: VA111610 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 181 179 27021 (04) Start/Stop count 249 249 9515 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 249 241 33526 (09) Power-on hours count 210 210 15086 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 245 245 3543 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 43 689176614 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 253 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 1767 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 251 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 193 1 1879 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 250 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 1 0	24.7% Poor	Read 46.9 Write 38.5 Mixed 47.1 33% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF 2x4GB 1,854 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.7 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.5 17% 5.97 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 18%

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Desktop 62%

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Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI 870A-G54 (FX)

CPU
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	3x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	2x
Radeon HD 6570AMDBench 5%, 19,220 samples	2x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples	1x

SSD
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	1x

RAM
Team-Elite-1600 DDR3-1333 16GBUnknownBench 31%, 3 samples	2x
s ST25664BA1339.8FMD ST25664BA1339.8FMD 8GBUnknownBench 41%, 3 samples	2x
99U5471-012.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 48%, 7,477 samples	1x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $132

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