MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '19 at 17:36
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 148 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 433 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 88.6 Parallax 157 64% 108 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 111 Splatting 127 91% 109 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 300 303 288 166 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 450 Mixed 386 SusWrite 264 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 47.9 156% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 260 195% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 124%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 25GB free Firmware: UE5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 93 71 64 60 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 438 Write 280 Mixed 280 SusWrite 108 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 16.8 62% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 76.4 DQ Mixed 42 46% 78.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 344GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 175 179 176 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 147 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 178 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 303GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 119 118 119 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 96.5 Write 74.2 Mixed 69 SusWrite 118 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1067 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.2% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 86%

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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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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16