MSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	87% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130917
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 02:56
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 76.3 2-Core 150 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 462 43% 358 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 343GB free Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8844 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 106 (A8) Unknown 100 100 45 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2072 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 121 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 36 154620198940 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 20 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6817 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5256 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3942 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 441 Write 457 Mixed 417 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 26.4 114% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 65.4 82% 148 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19786 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 57 (AE) Unknown 100 100 139 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 56 188979937310 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16760633767 (F7) Unknown 100 100 524625725 (F8) Unknown 100 100 440272586	80.7% Excellent	Read 505 Write 324 Mixed 390 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 29.3 109% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 54 70% 125 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 97%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8533 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 176 (A9) Unknown 100 100 379 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 56 (AE) Unknown 100 100 121 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 36 154620198941 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 342 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14899 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7612 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3370 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87% Excellent	Read 448 Write 448 Mixed 436 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 25.8 112% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 63.5 78% 139 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 114%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 781GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 193 3216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 318 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 164 (C2) HDA temperature 122 112 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	107% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 183 Mixed 189 141% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.89 4K Write 4.11 4K Mixed 0.35 194% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 294 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 17.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 72%

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Typical 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640) Builds (Compare 183 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 14%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 12%

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Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640) - $190

CPU
FX-8150AMD $770Bench 59%, 22,181 samples	70x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	43x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	6x

SSD
S510 120GBAdataBench 67%, 690 samples	53x
BX200 240GBCrucial $36Bench 76%, 36,559 samples	7x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	6x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	6x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	5x

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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