MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 01:54
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 137 59% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 375 41% 325 Pts	64-Core 284 18% 284 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 67.9 56% 68.1 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 53.7 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26200 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 142 (B1) Unknown 92 92 91 (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 60 54 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 90 90 9204 (EB) Unknown 99 99 102 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20600990101
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 547GB free Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137314612 (03) Spinup time 100 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11584 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 441822832 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11544 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1022927535 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098506 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 622919715 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 24 137314612 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.3% Good	Read 105 Write 109 Mixed 99.7 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 68%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$25 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 281GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 36 (03) Spinup time 144 137 3791 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2564 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 858 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 490 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2073 (C2) HDA temperature 107 87 36 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 64 64 26594 (F1) Unknown 200 200 20767699990 (F2) Unknown 200 200 22968879792	11.6% Very poor	Read 2.36 Write 37.5 Mixed 4.16 11% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.26 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBBNAUDEBA Nanya NT4GC64B88B1NF-DI 8GBBNAUDEBA 20GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 667, 800, 667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.3 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 38%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	122x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	44x
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
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16