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 (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 18:13
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 134 62% 99.6 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 430 43% 348 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1741 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 645 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 112 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 55 193274183706 (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 100 100 503 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8519409724 (F7) Unknown 100 100 266769965 (F8) Unknown 100 100 142835323 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1249 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	48.2% Average	Read 308 Write 265 Mixed 216 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 10 62% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 51.5 DQ Mixed 12.1 16% 27.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 95%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 47GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4176748 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 35 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -77326591179843 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4289 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 600 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 6149 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4176748 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 35 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4176748 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4176748 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25346 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24431 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24431 (F2) Unknown 0 0 47337	50.6% Above average	Read 315 Write 151 Mixed 172 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 12.6 90% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 12.9 25% 48.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 63GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 168174048 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6700 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41014894 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10933 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3118 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 454426651 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 95127 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 25769803803 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -17428977281739 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47777703265 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59469542391	60.7% Good	Read 105 Write 107 Mixed 74.7 71% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 114%
Adata DashDrive UV150 USB 3.0 32GB-$17 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 26GB free, PID dc1a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 30.3 Mixed 24.4 36% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.18 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.67 69% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

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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 $129Bench 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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16