MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.5% 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)
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 9 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150729
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 22:23
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 4.35 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 76 2-Core 154 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 440 42% 350 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 39.2 38% 43.1 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 34.9 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 408 Write 438 Mixed 308 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 30.5 107% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 224 176% 246 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 101%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 106GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 390 Write 286 Mixed 298 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 35.6 125% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 226 178% 245 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 89%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 900GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 109 Write 116 Mixed 60.5 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB 1,361 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.8 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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