MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '17 at 07:17
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th 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 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.7% Average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 24.6 2-Core 49.7 34% 47.5 Pts	4-Core 95.5 8-Core 149 15% 122 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66% Good	Lighting 62.5 Reflection 73.6 Parallax 125 51% 87.1 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 128 Splatting 109 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2004 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 101 (B1) Unknown 97 97 57 (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 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28440573783	65% Good	Read 480 Write 369 Mixed 402 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 14.9 74% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 36.5 DQ Mixed 14.7 16% 26.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 134%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 372GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 920 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2265 (C2) HDA temperature 124 115 26 (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	87.5% Excellent	Read 161 Write 144 Mixed 129 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 100%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$85 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 242GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 180 5891 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2605 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 730 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2571 (C2) HDA temperature 124 110 26 (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	71.5% Very good	Read 119 Write 130 Mixed 110 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 184GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 165 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5605 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2055 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 137 137 191764 (C2) HDA temperature 124 99 26 (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	58.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 98.5 Mixed 98 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7.8 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 79%

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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	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 $273	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 $168	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