MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 18:39
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.9% Average	Memory 71.1 1-Core 22 2-Core 42.2 34% 45.1 Pts	4-Core 81.9 8-Core 124 13% 103 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.90 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.2% Good	Lighting 51.1 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 137 42% 84.5 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 145 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 952 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 371 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 36 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5936021294	64.3% Good	Read 472 Write 375 Mixed 399 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 13.5 72% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 35.6 DQ Mixed 16.4 17% 26.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 124%
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 105GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 834 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 391 (AB) Unknown 100 100 162466128 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 8 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1770 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1049 (F9) Unknown 100 100 58903400	61.2% Good	Read 343 Write 432 Mixed 422 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 12.3 62% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 63.1 DQ Write 59 DQ Mixed 31.2 32% 51.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 101%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 794GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 129 3825 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1615 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3935 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	81% Excellent	Read 141 Write 141 Mixed 134 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.2 107% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 841GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 124 106 6758 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2850 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2494 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 555 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 93124 (C2) HDA temperature 121 86 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 97.5 Mixed 88 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	32% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 12.9 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 8.3 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 72%

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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 $274	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 $184	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