MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 09:31
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 71.7 2-Core 131 60% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 351 38% 302 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 180 Parallax 163 92% 152 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 156 Splatting 114 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 864 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 63 59 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3227088377	76.4% Very good	Read 489 Write 377 Mixed 400 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 20.7 107% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 61.4 DQ Mixed 20.6 24% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 134%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 120GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 41 (03) Spinup time 165 154 4725 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3191 (05) Reallocated sector count 181 181 152 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 83280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 437784 (C2) HDA temperature 115 89 32 (C4) Reallocation count 119 119 81 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.4% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 64.9 Mixed 36.6 40% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 49%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 99GB free Firmware: SD81 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 79 210240758 (03) Spinup time 92 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6360 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2047 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 26165771422 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 60513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 557 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 25770328224 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 638976034 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 32 210240758 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	36.8% Below average	Read 70.4 Write 57.7 Mixed 71.6 50% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991995 (996995) 4x4GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.7% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 14.6 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10.9 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	121x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	43x
FX-9590AMD $298Bench 63%, 26,109 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	7x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	8x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	6x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $358

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 $182	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) $30	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