MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% 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 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	32.1% 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	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	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 8 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.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150729
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 04:22
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 70 2-Core 133 62% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 410 40% 326 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.11.5 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.1% Below average	Lighting 40.4 Reflection 44.4 Parallax 48 33% 44.3 fps	MRender 44.2 Gravity 35 Splatting 34.3 30% 37.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 586GB free Firmware: ML6OA180 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 262144 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 94 (03) Spinup time 149 149 34380775839 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1522 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 55193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2198 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 180389675036 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	37.4% Below average	Read 68.3 Write 62.2 Mixed 11.9 34% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.18 43% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 73%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 211GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 193 179 7308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 259 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 316656 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 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 1	75.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 69.5 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 101%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 195 178 3216 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4793 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2398 (BE) vendor-specific 70 42 30 (C2) HDA temperature 117 89 30 (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 52 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	26.4% Poor	Read 45.5 Write 46.2 Mixed 21.1 28% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.28 63% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 35%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 22GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 162 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 68 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 117358 (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 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.3% Very good	Read 115 Write 133 Mixed 39.1 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 185 0 (03) Spinup time 160 160 6966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 71 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 89236 (C2) HDA temperature 123 113 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	53.1% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 94.1 Mixed 66.7 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.27 117% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 17 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 70%

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Gaming 34%

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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