MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '17 at 16:44
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 73 2-Core 135 62% 99.8 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 434 41% 339 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 86% 109 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 248GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1851 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 541 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30073487464 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 672 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 65 279173988375 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 124556804138 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1462 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2141 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2014 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5268 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	49.8% Average	Read 380 Write 117 Mixed 224 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 17.1 73% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 41.6 53% 97.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 100 49 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1249 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 57 (A9) Unknown 100 100 32 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 48 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 201863462942 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8537 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5083 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13717	51.9% Above average	Read 481 Write 155 Mixed 290 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 4.28 63% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 28.3 49% 97.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 86%
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 84GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2032 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 608 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (AA) Unknown 100 100 101 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327692 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 6 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 853	50% Average	Read 485 Write 119 Mixed 218 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 9.97 61% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 63.7 DQ Mixed 45.4 55% 100 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 72%

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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	44x
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
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16