MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 23:37
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 81.5 2-Core 165 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 486 49% 398 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 143 Parallax 194 103% 155 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 134 Splatting 95.9 93% 116 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,301 Write 728 Mixed 570 190% 866 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 46.3 166% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 486 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 363 271% 366 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 429GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 102 103 103 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 56.9 Write 71.5 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 102 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.5 199% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 71%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 146GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 64 69 63 72 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 11.2 Write 2 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 68.2 20% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 70%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB 1,223 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 18GB free, PID 2100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 37.5 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 37.1 47% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.8 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 80%

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Gaming 34%

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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	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 $273	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 $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