MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '17 at 15:59
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	67%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.2% Average	Memory 67.3 1-Core 24.4 2-Core 46.4 33% 46 Pts	4-Core 83.9 8-Core 133 13% 108 Pts	64-Core 140 9% 140 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1629 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 35.5 Reflection 48.5 Parallax 47.7 29% 43.9 fps	Gravity 45.6 Splatting 40.7 38% 43.2 fps
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6847 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 156 (B1) Unknown 97 97 46 (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 61 59 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8222300493	65% Good	Read 473 Write 367 Mixed 395 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 16.7 72% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 50.6 DQ Write 44 DQ Mixed 23.7 24% 39.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 630GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 81 52303712 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2730 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 5544 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 397218487 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 666 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 22080192548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 339 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65458 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 -140737488355292 (C5) Current pending sector count 94 84 1096 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 94 84 1096 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -137872745149995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3334968734 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6174582861	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 170 Mixed 167 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 262GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 976 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 8644384712 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1091 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885426185 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 622133282 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 29 976 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -65253438101544 (F1) Unknown 100 253 114533117 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1168730319	48.1% Average	Read 74.1 Write 93.5 Mixed 77.1 61% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.45 85% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 103GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 32200 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2455 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 32851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1217 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 471 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1983 (C2) HDA temperature 108 86 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	53.2% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 92.2 Mixed 78.8 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.38 95% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G F3-14900CL9-4GBSR KHX1866C10D3/8G F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 24GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 933, 800, 933, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 12.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 8 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 56%

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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	43x
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
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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