MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39.2% 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	43.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '16 at 08:04
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 as expected (57^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 81 1-Core 56.5 2-Core 109 52% 82.3 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 244 26% 208 Pts	64-Core 258 16% 258 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% XFX(1682 9385) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.11.4 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 53.2 Parallax 61.7 40% 54.6 fps	MRender 53.3 Gravity 46.1 Splatting 41.6 38% 47 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL 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 253 100 4019 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (A5) Unknown 100 100 451050210373 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 44 188979609631 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5583513060628 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2209 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5653 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3764 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4410 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	43.5% Average	Read 421 Write 85.7 Mixed 87.3 42% 198 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 28.2 4K Mixed 11.5 61% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 70.3 DQ Write 85.7 DQ Mixed 22.9 33% 59.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 93%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 125GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 187 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 194 (C2) HDA temperature 122 108 21 (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	85.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 143 Mixed 130 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.37 121% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.3% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.7 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $274	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 $183	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