MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 62.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.9% 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	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130926
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 11:17
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.2% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 56.8 2-Core 115 54% 85.7 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 358 35% 285 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PowerColor(148C 3001) 3GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.9% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 28.5 Parallax 54.2 35% 41.9 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 35.6 29% 35.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7071 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 858 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 162 (A9) Unknown 100 100 834 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 51 (AE) Unknown 100 100 187 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 65 47 201864904739 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 326 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 27072 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15078 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15161 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.7% Very good	Read 433 Write 374 Mixed 361 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 23.3 98% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 60.1 59% 94.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 114%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 773GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1017 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7808 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 37 (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	57.6% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 101 Mixed 54.5 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.29 112% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 88%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 63GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 178 7683 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1646 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 735 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7414 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 36 (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	43.5% Average	Read 74.9 Write 76 Mixed 49.3 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.26 108% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 29GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 181 173 7925 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1465 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 726 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6594 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 35 (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	75.4% Very good	Read 126 Write 136 Mixed 99.1 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.3 112% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 26GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 181 177 5925 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1858 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6087 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 974 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13783 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 36 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.7% Average	Read 67.4 Write 73.7 Mixed 57.3 50% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.28 108% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXM F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-1600C9-8GXM F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 24GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 16 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 11.5 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 49%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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