MSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.9% 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)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '17 at 02:11
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 142 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 446 42% 348 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2843) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Lighting 36.3 Reflection 36.2 Parallax 49.7 30% 40.7 fps	MRender 41.6 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 30.9 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 75 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1792 (05) Reallocated sector count 190 190 427 (07) Seek error rate 200 188 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1782 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1636 (C2) HDA temperature 106 87 37 (C4) Reallocation count 181 181 19 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 185 204 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	79.2% Very good	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 110 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.29 130% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3250312CS 250GB-$90 1,923 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 118GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 159931929 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 26325 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1985973 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 473 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 606011428 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 107374182436 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 38 159931929 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	32.5% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 43.8 Mixed 38.5 38% 50.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 6GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 130 1925 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4027 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2762 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 4158 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 427 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 128 128 217415 (C2) HDA temperature 109 91 34 (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 200 198 12 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	22.6% Poor	Read 39.1 Write 39.3 Mixed 22.2 25% 33.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.14 54% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.9% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.3 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 31%

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Workstation 12%

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Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640) - $190

CPU
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	70x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	43x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	6x

SSD
S510 120GBAdataBench 67%, 690 samples	53x
BX200 240GBCrucial $36Bench 76%, 36,559 samples	7x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	6x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	6x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	5x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $1,053

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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