MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.7% 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	30.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130926
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 04:41
Run Duration	425 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 135 60% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 239 8-Core 406 39% 322 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 51.6 Parallax 55.7 38% 51.2 fps	MRender 50.7 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 37 34% 42.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 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 95 95 15838056 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 44470091400859 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1203 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 425 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 41 38657392671 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 38657392671 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15838056 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15838056 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15838056 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19212 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17827 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17827 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6817	30.2% Below average	Read 128 Write 79 Mixed 103 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 9.1 62% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 81.4 DQ Mixed 7.52 18% 34.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 73%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 2BE10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1111 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 87 87 4115 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 297 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3433 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 163209609247 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 23 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 825 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 224110	54.5% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 96 Mixed 60.4 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 4.36 4K Mixed 0.32 140% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$100 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 152GB free Firmware: GK8O Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 47.3 Write 45.2 Mixed 37.5 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.27 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 47%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 95GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 81 81 6430 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 48601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3032 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 10 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 55 369754134 (C2) HDA temperature 77 54 386531351 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 149538 (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 100 100 570 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 7 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	8.03% Terrible	Read 15.1 Write 12.9 Mixed 7.92 9% 12 MB/s	4K Read 0.001 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.14 22% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 8.03% Great: 59%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 79GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 149 1300 (04) Start/Stop count 39 39 61270 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1162 (BF) G-sense error rate 95 95 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1373557 (C2) HDA temperature 116 93 27 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44.1% Average	Read 78.2 Write 75.3 Mixed 68.9 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 63%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 55GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 99.2 Write 72.2 Mixed 68.6 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.26 72% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 30GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 121 121 12897288382 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1063 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1253 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 184684118045 (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 200 200 358	53.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 85.2 Mixed 23.8 51% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.15 45% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 107%
Gb0500ea FYL 500GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 26GB free Firmware: HPG2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 90.7 Mixed 73.4 66% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.28 60% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 57%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 7GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 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 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789399341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 775 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 818 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 818 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 180389216287 (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 200 200 2	40.2% Average	Read 72.8 Write 67 Mixed 13.9 37% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.14 85% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML4GX3M1A1600C9 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 20GB 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.5% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 10.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 10.8 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

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 $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