MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.14% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '20 at 18:55
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 76.7 1-Core 56.9 2-Core 107 51% 80.3 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 262 28% 223 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5750 12,403 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E148) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	9.14% Terrible	Lighting 12 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 9.97 10% 10.5 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 8.5 Splatting 10.9 8% 9.47 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.14% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 225 203 152 128 126 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 468 Write 298 Mixed 265 SusWrite 176 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Mixed 30.2 109% 26.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 96%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 30GB free Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 291 292 294 293 291 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 460 Write 292 Mixed 259 SusWrite 281 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 30.8 106% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 167 142% 208 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 31GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 78 79 79 79 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 79.8 Write 73 Mixed 51 SusWrite 77.6 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 67%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 25GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 55 54 55 51 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 52.5 Write 50 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 52.6 36% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 49%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 12GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 47 58 63 64 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 62 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 54.8 42% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 4x8GB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 13.8 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 10.1 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 84%

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

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Gaming 34%

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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 $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