MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	22.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 12:31
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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-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 (99^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 124 61% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 444 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.3% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 60.8 38% 45.9 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 45.1 Splatting 38.3 31% 37.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 90GB 648 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 12GB free Firmware: 1.35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19705309967670 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2537 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 554 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1344 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1472 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1472 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1984	33.1% Below average	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 121 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 9.74 69% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 72.2 DQ Mixed 10.5 19% 35.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 49%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88066144 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 125145864 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4339 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 650 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 13 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 538640416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3184 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -57866094374755 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20341675859 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59301399116
Poor: 43% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 512GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 183 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6642 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12680 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2317 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 455 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29760 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 31 (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 200 192 3831 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.1% Average	Read 93.3 Write 56.9 Mixed 77.1 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 439GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141761344 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 56 25792078500 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9624 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1696 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 504954910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 275 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48276 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -523986007932 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19915143895 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21260130921	93% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 166 Mixed 156 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 113%
GB0500C4413 500GB 496 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 74GB free Firmware: HPG1 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6191 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 331195381 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 59576 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2390 (BB) vendor-specific 70 70 30 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 588972067 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 77309411363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 87 51 904655 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	30.7% Below average	Read 52.8 Write 53.9 Mixed 51.8 40% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.31 74% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.3% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 17.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.6 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 63%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) Builds (Compare 177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	69x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	26x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	8x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	7x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	6x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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