MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	174% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '17 at 17:28
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 80.1 2-Core 150 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 460 43% 360 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.7 81% 101 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 99.5 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 256GB-$150 2,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 185GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9350 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1199 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 86 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 26 (E8) Unknown 96 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 66 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6780216 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7374587	46.5% Average	Read 441 Write 283 Mixed 343 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 11.9 4K Mixed 5.82 37% 11.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 6.32 8% 14.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 54%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1346 Write 926 Mixed 1,058 246% 1,110 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.9 176% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 25.3 73% 156 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 243%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$82 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 6208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 99 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 221 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.5% Good	Read 118 Write 117 Mixed 107 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.29 111% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$82 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 704GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 178 5916 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2530 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15099 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	63.2% Good	Read 109 Write 111 Mixed 117 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.29 109% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 88%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 500GB-$59 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 384GB free Firmware: JF3ZD0H0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 181 181 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2121 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 9605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1025 (BF) G-sense error rate 96 96 327683 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20906035 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 30574 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 219044577315 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	58.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 98.8 Mixed 100 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 117GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 130 127 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4824 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21580 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 194 194 1061 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 194 194 1039 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 195 195 1054	34.3% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 57.3 Mixed 57.5 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown E30122B 4x4GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.1% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 14.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 50%

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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	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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16