MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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	68.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 18:06
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 79.6 1-Core 56.9 2-Core 104 51% 80.3 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 268 28% 226 Pts	64-Core 290 18% 290 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.1% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 80.2 65% 83.1 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 87.5 75% 91.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1953 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 502 (C2) HDA temperature 66 40 257699151906	45% Average	Read 477 Write 157 Mixed 264 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 21.8 4K Mixed 6.64 51% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 41.1 DQ Mixed 15.2 19% 32.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 928GB free Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149477183 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3920 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 199487957 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3904 (B4) Unknown 100 100 112939567 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 45 521469982 (C2) HDA temperature 30 55 30064771102 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 21 149477183 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.6% Good	Read 107 Write 118 Mixed 96.5 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.51 116% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 604GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 1592 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2498 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 4308972059 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2051 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65540 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 45 521469982 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2742 (C2) HDA temperature 30 55 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 6 1592 (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 47261820131986 (F1) Unknown 100 253 672145115 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2966298220	63.6% Good	Read 108 Write 114 Mixed 111 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.65 122% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.5% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 13.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 10.2 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 88%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

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