MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	111% 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 Drive	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 00:12
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 141 61% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 429 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 176 Parallax 190 114% 169 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 173 Splatting 121 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3284872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 -105733504865851 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2285 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 62 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 66 81608704037 (C2) HDA temperature 37 66 81608704037 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3284872 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3284872 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3284872 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12709 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10566 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10566 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2181	37.1% Below average	Read 166 Write 88.3 Mixed 99.6 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 12.6 72% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 78.2 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 26.6 37% 66.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 649GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 14247216 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9753 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 21514432125 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2279 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 689504294 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 92243 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 73014444070 (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 17119739646677 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7063018100 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61846847854	89.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 159 Mixed 150 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 22GB free Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 767137105 (09) Power-on hours count 21 21 69795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2860 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 47 706347047 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 58 47346325 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 56.2 Mixed 56.3 43% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.27 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 31GB free Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 208253163 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 75491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2858 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 672727077 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 54 227170911 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 55.5 Mixed 55 43% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.25 77% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.4% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 71%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 68%

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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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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