MSI 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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.
Graphics	1.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	The RAM on this system should be upgraded to at least 2GB although on 32bit systems 1GB will suffice as a bare minimum.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	30.4 GB free of 0 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '19 at 02:15
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 66.6 2-Core 126 44% 96.5 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 372 38% 310 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 47% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 5400 10,400 User benchmarks, average bench 1% PwrHis(1787 3000) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.08% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.58 Parallax 1.56 1% 1.49 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.48 1% 1.29 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.08% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZQLV480HCGR-00003 480GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 214 215 213 208 494 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 618 Write 505 Mixed 365 SusWrite 279 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 48.4 172% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 537 DQ Write 471 DQ Mixed 369 314% 459 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 137%
Samsung MZ7TE512HMHP-000L1 512GB 898 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 370GB free Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 185 186 188 188 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 405 Write 382 Mixed 164 SusWrite 186 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 29 110% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 32.4 32% 48.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 103%
Sandisk SD8TB8U512G1001 512GB 547 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 477GB free Firmware: X4133101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 299 289 289 290 289 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 357 Write 347 Mixed 220 SusWrite 297 69% 305 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 32.2 110% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 40.1 36% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 99%
Crucial M550 1TB-$700 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 438GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 186 186 188 188 190 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 274 Write 353 Mixed 232 SusWrite 186 59% 262 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 31.8 105% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 39.7 37% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 535GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 82 82 83 82 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 80.7 Write 85.2 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 82.9 54% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 58%
USB DISK 3.0 124GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 99GB free, PID 6400 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 12 8.1 12 6.4 9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 28.9 Write 28.5 Mixed 27.1 SusWrite 11.4 32% 24 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.8 138% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 57%

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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 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640) Builds (Compare 74 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: MSI 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640) - $380

CPU
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	23x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	12x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	9x

GPU
HD 6850AMDBench 12%, 31,600 samples	6x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	5x
R9 380XAMD $120Bench 38%, 20,573 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	24x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	12x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	9x

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Total price: $750

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