MSI 990XA-GD55 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990XA-GD55 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 20:25
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 124 61% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 431 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 12 Parallax 9.91 12% 12.3 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 17.2 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 88 86 85 82 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 238 Write 123 Mixed 180 SusWrite 84.7 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 33.5 122% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 85 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 665GB free Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 166 171 170 175 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 136 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 172 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.5 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 76%

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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 990XA-GD55 (MS-7640) Builds (Compare 41 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 16%

Surfboard

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

CPU
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	8x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	7x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	3x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	2x

SSD
CS900 120GBPNY $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples	3x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	2x
320 Series 160GBIntel $149Bench 42%, 13,029 samples	1x

RAM
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	9x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 1,102 samples	3x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $854

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