MSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive41.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory12GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7640
MotherboardMSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640)  (all builds)
Memory7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150601
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateFeb 07 '18 at 05:48
Run Duration345 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8320-$175
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
67.1% Good
Memory 84.7
1-Core 75.9
2-Core 146
62% 102 Pts
4-Core 268
8-Core 442
43% 355 Pts
64-Core 447
28% 447 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 65%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 152
Parallax 132
116% 142 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 139
Splatting 113
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
41.7% Average
Read 307
Write 98.5
Mixed 145
40% 183 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 49.8
4K Mixed 13.2
70% 27 MB/s
DQ Read 28.4
DQ Write 87.8
DQ Mixed 11.2
22% 42.5 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 41.7%
Great: 75%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39
241GB free
Firmware: 40.00A40 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
56% Above average
Read 98.2
Write 96.7
Mixed 93.1
72% 96 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.35
111% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 56%
Great: 60%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB
149GB free
Firmware: 20.06C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
34.6% Below average
Read 60.1
Write 59.8
Mixed 56.3
44% 58.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.12
4K Mixed 0.44
117% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 34.6%
Great: 35%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB
13GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
3.23% Terrible
Read 14.2
Write 5.31
Mixed 6.03
9% 8.51 MB/s
4K Read 0.04
4K Write 0.003
4K Mixed 0.003
0% 0.02 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 3.23%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR3 1866 Kingston 9905403-126.A02LF DDR3 1866 Kingston 9905403-126.A02LF 12GB
667, 667, 667, 667 MHz
4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
48% Average
MC Read 19.2
MC Write 15.6
MC Mixed 16.5
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 10.8
SC Write 8.5
SC Mixed 14.1
32% 11.1 GB/s
Latency 72.2
55% 72.2 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640) Builds (Compare 183 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640) - $190

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