MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	35% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 08:52
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 84 1-Core 47.6 2-Core 95 50% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 192 26% 191 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 053C) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 5% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ SOLID3 60GB 1,153 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 42777450 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 140651589042885 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 651 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 399 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 42777450 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 42777450 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 42777450 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8943 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5107 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5107 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13232	35% Below average	Read 165 Write 60.1 Mixed 85.8 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 11 80% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 58.3 DQ Mixed 10.6 17% 30.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 50%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 314GB free Firmware: JE3OA50A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 179 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2185 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65544 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 8824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2095 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1082360725504 (BC) Unknown 100 98 287784632337 (BE) vendor-specific 77 45 303628311 (BF) G-sense error rate 74 74 6782 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3014702 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 58793 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	50.6% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 86.1 Mixed 24.4 49% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1339DS1S00. 1x8GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.4% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.2 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 32%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 29%

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

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	69x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	26x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $62Bench 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

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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