MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 23:38
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 76.6 2-Core 152 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 454 45% 366 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 1GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 5.63 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 34.4 5% 23.6 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 36.6 24% 29 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9933 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4638 (A6) Unknown 100 100 175 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 426 (A9) Unknown 100 100 170 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 320 (AE) Unknown 100 100 774 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 50 214749085730 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2626 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 41731 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17709 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14706 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	62.7% Good	Read 428 Write 241 Mixed 239 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 13.7 83% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 42.3 61% 113 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 8GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134290026 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5013 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 94700563 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 5055 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 6816000 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 38 3329137836064 (C2) HDA temperature 32 62 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 19 134290026 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 94527935246738 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3739060540 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2006912877	32.2% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 52.7 Mixed 59.1 43% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-011.A00LF 99U5403-046.A00LF 99U5471-011.A00LF 99U5403-046.A00LF 12GB 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.6% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	69x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	26x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	8x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	7x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	6x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $627

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