MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.1% 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	65.8% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 15:13
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (100^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 142 63% 102 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 431 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 46.2 31% 39.5 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 31.7 Splatting 39.7 28% 34 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 283GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1116 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4456493 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 399 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 64 274878890007 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 51539607564 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 403 (EA) Unknown 100 100 493 (F1) Unknown 253 253 475 (F2) Unknown 253 253 668 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.3% Above average	Read 326 Write 242 Mixed 140 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 12.6 70% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 60.9 DQ Mixed 12.4 19% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 107%
Team L5 LITE SSD 240GB 893 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^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 44 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 27 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5935 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15913 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11716 (F5) Unknown 100 100 23740	65.8% Good	Read 366 Write 342 Mixed 314 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 20 93% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 38.2 DQ Write 74.8 DQ Mixed 21.8 26% 44.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 104%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 483GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 128 126 4583 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2755 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1487 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2717 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 20 (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	62.8% Good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 92.6 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 150GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 155 5133 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11403 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4364 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 791 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11400 (C2) HDA temperature 125 90 22 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.4% Average	Read 83.3 Write 88.6 Mixed 24.5 48% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 18 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 64%

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Gaming 36%

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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 $50Bench 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 $15	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