MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics50% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough 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
SystemMSI MS-7893
MotherboardMSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151224
Uptime10 Days
Run DateFeb 03 '17 at 06:23
Run Duration189 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8370-$175
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
68.3% Good
Memory 90.7
1-Core 74.6
2-Core 146
64% 104 Pts
4-Core 250
8-Core 425
41% 338 Pts
64-Core 435
27% 435 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 68.3%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399
AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
50% Above average
Lighting 61.9
Reflection 56
Parallax 70.9
50% 62.9 fps
MRender 55.2
Gravity 49.8
Splatting 70.4
49% 58.5 fps
Poor: 41%
This bench: 50%
Great: 50%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
1TB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Read 147
Write 134
Mixed 18.6
72% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.77
4K Write 1.42
4K Mixed 0.19
79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83
908GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
39% Below average
Read 66.2
Write 69.8
Mixed 60.1
49% 65.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.43
4K Write 1.16
4K Mixed 0.29
71% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 39%
Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
87GB free
Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
70.1% Very good
Read 114
Write 131
Mixed 86.2
82% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.03
4K Mixed 0.23
64% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
51% Above average
MC Read 22.1
MC Write 14.7
MC Mixed 18.5
53% 18.4 GB/s
SC Read 10.5
SC Write 8.5
SC Mixed 12.4
30% 10.5 GB/s
Latency 66.2
60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 51%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) Builds (Compare 263 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

Motherboard: MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

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