MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '17 at 14:14
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 77.6 2-Core 144 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 375 41% 325 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 353.54 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 63.3 55% 68.5 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 60.9 54% 66.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 98 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 55 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1359581350	97.4% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 451 Mixed 481 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 38.1 147% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 85.3 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 90.2 79% 115 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 931GB free Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 89 154453202 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7862 (05) Reallocated sector count 2 2 8084 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34108616 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2167 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1330 (BC) Unknown 100 97 210457460896 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 66 37 32161304543266 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 492 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9169 (C2) HDA temperature 34 63 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 154453202 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 83756157247432 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1399277800 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4202651091	62.6% Good	Read 109 Write 109 Mixed 103 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.48 110% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 71%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 336GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3503 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13946 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4866 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 87 87 13900 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 236223791134 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1525 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 13998	54% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 95.7 Mixed 89.4 70% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.36 95% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 324GB free Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 84 3819199 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8662 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42122014 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3333 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 10259 (BC) Unknown 100 90 257701969986 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 33 34274394832929 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 919 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6315 (C2) HDA temperature 33 67 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 99 3819199 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 162 5512 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -131584913039106 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2077987120 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3941026688	49.6% Average	Read 86.8 Write 85.8 Mixed 80 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.44 112% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 71%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 306GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171836377 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16945 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 97076168 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2118 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 522059806 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 34359738398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 53 171836377 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.9% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 86 Mixed 78.3 65% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.33 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1067 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 79%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	69x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	26x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $80Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	8x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	7x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	6x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16