MSI 990FXA-GD80 (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 (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 01:48
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 80.6 2-Core 148 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 502 48% 394 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2447 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 790 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 43 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15405008866	69.6% Good	Read 381 Write 275 Mixed 297 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 21.7 121% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 20.4 24% 39.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 177 (C2) HDA temperature 107 91 45 (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 200 200 96 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.7% Very good	Read 143 Write 124 Mixed 119 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.36 136% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GB 6,584 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 16.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 12.4 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 62%

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

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Typical 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640) Builds (Compare 183 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 14%

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Desktop 64%

Destroyer

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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