MSI 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics8.94% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7640
MotherboardMSI 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640)  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20121031
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 13 '17 at 21:45
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175
CPU1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
56.3% Above average
Memory 82.7
1-Core 44.9
2-Core 84.9
47% 70.8 Pts
4-Core 164
8-Core 236
25% 200 Pts
64-Core 242
15% 242 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 56.3%
Great: 61%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5850
XFX(1682 2971) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0
Relative performance (0th percentile)
8.94% Terrible
Lighting 12.4
Reflection 7.27
Parallax 11.1
10% 10.3 fps
MRender 6.38
Gravity 8.97
Splatting 8.91
7% 8.09 fps
Poor: 14%
This bench: 8.94%
Great: 16%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89
306GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
49.2% Average
Read 86.7
Write 84.9
Mixed 31.1
50% 67.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.06
4K Mixed 0.34
78% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 49.2%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
31.3% Below average
MC Read 13.6
MC Write 6.8
MC Mixed 11.9
31% 10.8 GB/s
SC Read 6.3
SC Write 5.3
SC Mixed 8.1
19% 6.57 GB/s
Latency 75.7
53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 31.3%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640) Builds (Compare 74 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640) - $380

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 49% - Average Total price: $759
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