MSI 990XA-GD55 (MS-7640)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.6%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.9% is a very low 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

7 days ago, 7 days ago, 7 days ago.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990XA-GD55 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 12:56
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD FX-4300-$64 19,001 User benchmarks, average bench 44% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	45.6% Average	SC Int 71.7 SC Float 67.5 SC Mixed 69.9 56% 69.7 Pts	QC Int 219 QC Float 155 QC Mixed 224 45% 199 Pts	MC Int 246 MC Float 189 MC Mixed 239 34% 225 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550 Ti-$250 18,334 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2610) 1GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1075 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 31.1 10% 33.7 fps	MRender 33.7 Gravity 36.1 Splatting 36.2 15% 35.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 12,235 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 13GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (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 4334 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4654 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 164 (AE) Unknown 100 100 212 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14126192855587 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 84 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0
Poor: 44% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$35 57,333 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 377GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5721 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7482 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6318 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7306 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5628 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 23	72.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 111 Mixed 126 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.31 98% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 2,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 16.5 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI 990XA-GD55 (MS-7640)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $99Bench 57%, 108,300 samples	95x
FX-8320AMD $106Bench 51%, 45,938 samples	32x
FX-6100AMD $54Bench 43%, 14,522 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $300Bench 72%, 250,718 samples	26x
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 40%, 123,465 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 247,983 samples	16x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	15x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $165Bench 77%, 46,595 samples	11x
Savage 120GBHyperX $70Bench 76%, 2,899 samples	9x

RAM
8GBUnknownBench 36%, 33,132 samples	69x
16GBUnknownBench 42%, 16,665 samples	68x
24GBUnknownBench 43%, 2,283 samples	14x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $479

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $158

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12