MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	81% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 17:55
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 54.4 2-Core 108 51% 80.4 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 240 27% 214 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 82% 106 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 93.7 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 381 401 406 411 406 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 427 Mixed 368 SusWrite 388 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 38.7 131% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 246 182% 242 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 118%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 222GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 112 111 120 111 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 425 Write 394 Mixed 360 SusWrite 127 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 25.2 86% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 169 150% 226 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 190GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 107 106 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 122 Write 119 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 107 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 927GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 114 115 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 59 SusWrite 115 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 68%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 2,112 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 29GB free, PID 00ed Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 188 Write 81.8 Mixed 36.2 104% 102 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) Builds (Compare 264 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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	44x
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
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16