MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.3% 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	28.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 07 '19 at 19:21
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 146 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 418 42% 339 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 24.8 Parallax 32.7 21% 27.9 fps	MRender 34.2 Gravity 30.7 Splatting 25.8 24% 30.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 26 94 18 5.8 10 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.6% Poor	Read 148 Write 91 Mixed 93 SusWrite 48 21% 95 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 14.8 56% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 48.7 DQ Write 67 DQ Mixed 67.4 48% 61 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 66 67 72 65 68 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 94.3 Write 72.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 65.1 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 63%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 288GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 77 77 77 76 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 78.3 Write 44.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 75.5 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 44%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 348GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 88 91 89 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 63 Write 57.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 88.9 47% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 62%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 625GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 30 30 29 30 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 30 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 29.2 39% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 20%

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	51.5% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 80%

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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 $295	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