MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	39.1% 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	84.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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Run History

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '17 at 13:52
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 82.9 1-Core 64.6 2-Core 108 54% 85 Pts	4-Core 106 8-Core 106 14% 106 Pts	64-Core 100 6% 100 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3969) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 51.7 Reflection 48 Parallax 42.4 42% 47.4 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 44.4 Splatting 38.9 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3931 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 577 (B1) Unknown 98 98 63 (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 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 148 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21136630250	84.3% Excellent	Read 504 Write 455 Mixed 476 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 21.2 115% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 79 DQ Mixed 21.1 26% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 765GB free Firmware: CC57 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8731512 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2343 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 176772639 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2312 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 317 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2347 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 64424509473 (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 -113739323916598 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22579277797 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45053582109	104% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 183 Mixed 163 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 350GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3355 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2937 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 933 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2423 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.8% Very good	Read 89.4 Write 157 Mixed 88.6 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 232GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1365 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1350 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 446 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 918 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 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	93.3% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 167 Mixed 146 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.22 119% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMD16GX3M2A2133C9 CMD16GX3M2A1866C10 CMD16GX3M2A2133C9 CMD16GX3M2A1866C10 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1067, 933, 1067, 933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.6% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 11.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.6 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 50%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16