MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 12:00
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 73.3 2-Core 149 60% 100 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 450 44% 363 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 73.7 67% 79.4 fps	MRender 79.9 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 65.9 59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 386GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 84 52039032 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2327 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40054865 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9744 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1089 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1386 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52389 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 55834574876 (C5) Current pending sector count 97 97 544 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 97 97 544 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -134458246165898 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32192276468 (F2) Unknown 100 253 166607230996	82.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 138 Mixed 145 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 112%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 303GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 160 160 4958 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5237 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2832 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 313 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5235 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.9% Average	Read 101 Write 70 Mixed 76.6 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.07 17% 0.16 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197293376 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 320486362 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1089 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 487850013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18452 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (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 60958470841397 (F1) Unknown 100 253 110114566648 (F2) Unknown 100 253 506089105213	82.6% Excellent	Read 162 Write 126 Mixed 130 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 112%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 162GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 790 (03) Spinup time 191 189 6416 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6762 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2012 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 372 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 939044 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.8% Average	Read 87 Write 83.2 Mixed 82.8 64% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.29 73% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,568 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 87%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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