MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89.1% 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	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '16 at 02:40
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 144 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 456 42% 355 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 71%

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 Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.6 92% 109 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (A2) Unknown 100 100 775 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 753 (F2) Unknown 100 100 224	53.7% Above average	Read 382 Write 271 Mixed 205 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 8.96 70% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 60.1 DQ Mixed 11.3 18% 34 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 107%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 117GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2379 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (A5) Unknown 100 100 115571 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 29 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 36 279173660708 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 96 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 205 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5753081135 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5212026015	45.2% Average	Read 382 Write 270 Mixed 242 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 6.79 44% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 19 DQ Write 18.3 DQ Mixed 7.44 9% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 478 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.9% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 108%

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Typical 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) Builds (Compare 263 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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 $295	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 $40	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