MSI 990XA-GD55 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990XA-GD55 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '20 at 18:03
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 76.3 2-Core 140 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 441 42% 350 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1565 MHz, MLim: 1804 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Lighting 48.3 Reflection 49.2 Parallax 43.5 39% 47 fps	MRender 40.8 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 39.7 34% 41.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 194 199 202 199 200 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 486 Write 262 Mixed 250 SusWrite 199 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 43.1 133% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 228 182% 254 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 105%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 70GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 144 144 144 144 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 476 Write 441 Mixed 378 SusWrite 169 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 45 156% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 148 141% 221 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 817GB free Firmware: MS2OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 169 171 173 171 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 163 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 170 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 59GB free, PID null, Team Micro SD 64GB SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 7 7.1 7.1 8.2 7.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	8.76% Terrible	Read 10.4 Write 9.7 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 7.7 13% 9.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2 133% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.76% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 17.8 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 51%

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

Gaming 20%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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