MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 18:59
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 134 60% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 441 42% 348 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 107 89% 110 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 101 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 97 86 62 94 67 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 287 Write 252 Mixed 261 SusWrite 87.8 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 36 121% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 199 157% 216 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 85%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 82GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 49 50 50 50 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 46.7 Write 51.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 49.7 34% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 35%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 104GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 155 157 133 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 151 Mixed 94.2 SusWrite 146 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 198GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 105 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 103 Write 98.2 Mixed 77 SusWrite 106 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2133 CL11 Series 4x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.1% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 81%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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 $129Bench 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