MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	153% 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	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 (19%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '19 at 19:38
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 56.4 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 118 49% 82.6 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 390 40% 326 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 222 60% 126 fps	MRender 706 Gravity 106 Splatting 154 240% 322 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 774 831 854 864 877 856 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,130 Write 890 Mixed 560 SusWrite 843 192% 856 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 36.2 132% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 458 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 354 264% 356 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 243%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 930GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 126 77 105 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 117 Write 138 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 110 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 71%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 848GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 54 55 26 47 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 78.8 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 47.2 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.3 235% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 129 124 112 120 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 94 Write 124 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 121 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 167% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 17.5 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 139 29% 139 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 80%

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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%

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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