MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7893
MotherboardMSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151224
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 28 '17 at 04:03
Run Duration94 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-9590-$298
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
70.6% Very good
Memory 93.6
1-Core 78.2
2-Core 144
65% 105 Pts
4-Core 259
8-Core 460
43% 359 Pts
64-Core 458
28% 458 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53
Performing below potential (56th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 143
Parallax 124
108% 133 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 129
Splatting 106
94% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
72.1% Very good
Read 477
Write 315
Mixed 338
83% 377 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 49.4
4K Mixed 17.2
103% 34.3 MB/s
DQ Read 36.7
DQ Write 133
DQ Mixed 50.6
49% 73.6 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 118%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1067 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
54.1% Above average
MC Read 22.4
MC Write 16
MC Mixed 19.7
55% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 10.7
SC Write 9.8
SC Mixed 14.6
33% 11.7 GB/s
Latency 60.7
66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 54.1%
Great: 104%

 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)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $358
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