MSI 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.43% 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 Drive	30.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '23 at 21:14
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 81.8 1-Core 40.5 2-Core 91.4 47% 71.2 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 210 25% 195 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B 1482) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	7.43% Terrible	Lighting 9.1 Reflection 13 Parallax 9.5 7% 10.5 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 8.1 Splatting 9.2 8% 9.13 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 7.43% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 820GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR045 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 69 71 71 70 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.5% Below average	Read 94.4 Write 112 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 68.3 21% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 26.1 4K Mixed 20.8 67% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 40.5 DQ Mixed 31.1 24% 32.5 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 125%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 923GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 83 82 83 83 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 71.7 Write 77.5 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 83 53% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 60%
IC35L120AVV207-0 120GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 85GB free Firmware: V24OA66A SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 35 35 35 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 40.1 Write 42.4 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 34.5 27% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 27%
Maxtor 6H500R0 500GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 48GB free Firmware: HA3D1DD0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 35 35 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 53.8 Write 55.9 Mixed 33.9 SusWrite 34.5 33% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.1 116% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 12.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 9.5 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 50%

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Typical 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640) Builds (Compare 74 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

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

CPU
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	23x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	12x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	9x

GPU
HD 6850AMDBench 12%, 31,600 samples	6x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	5x
R9 380XAMD $120Bench 38%, 20,573 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	24x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	12x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	9x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $760

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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