MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17.8% 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	85.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	12.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 12:32
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Memory 82.3 1-Core 46.9 2-Core 93.3 49% 74.2 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 187 25% 186 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E182) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 20.1 Reflection 22.8 Parallax 24.9 16% 22.6 fps	MRender 21.6 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 29.7 21% 24.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1642 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 843 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 49 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7930646069	85.9% Excellent	Read 472 Write 368 Mixed 401 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 34.3 126% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 57.7 62% 105 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 191GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 115 115 25791496526 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6999 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4182 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7124 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 206159085605 (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 0	44.2% Average	Read 81.2 Write 72.8 Mixed 84.3 60% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.29 70% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 103GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64873706 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5818 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8738700749 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4651 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 98 81605623833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 605487140 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 51539607588 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 3 64873706 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	34.5% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 61.6 Mixed 57.2 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.51 102% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.1% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 12.4 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 71%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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