MSI 890GXM-G65 (MS-7642)

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 54.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.96% 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	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7642
Motherboard	MSI 890GXM-G65 (MS-7642) (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120112
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 22:14
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Memory 81 1-Core 45.3 2-Core 90.7 48% 72.3 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 163 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 03EA) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.96% Terrible	Lighting 8.87 Reflection 8.73 Parallax 6.84 7% 8.15 fps	MRender 8.43 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 8.61 6% 7.78 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.96% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 96120912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 43662637545919 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 216 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 69 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 104 (BD) vendor-specific 45 63 77313540141 (C2) HDA temperature 45 63 77313540141 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 96120912 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 96120912 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 96120912 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10520 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6937 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6937 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10656	48.7% Average	Read 258 Write 242 Mixed 200 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 12.6 72% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 88.2 DQ Mixed 13.5 23% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 85%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 140 8091 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 299 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 136313 (C2) HDA temperature 103 90 49 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.8% Above average	Read 107 Write 97.5 Mixed 25.1 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 956GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 135 8291 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3599 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 39373 (C2) HDA temperature 102 86 50 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	57.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 95.9 Mixed 19.6 53% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.12 62% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 458GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 240596232 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 232167 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (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 56 56 739704876 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 184 (C2) HDA temperature 44 44 85899345964 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 22 240596232 (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 -46570330390419 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4211144955 (F2) Unknown 100 253 171776723	63.9% Good	Read 117 Write 106 Mixed 23.6 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.39 57% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 75%

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 below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.6% Poor	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 10.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.9 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 50%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: MSI 890GXM-G65 (MS-7642)

CPU
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	4x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	4x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	4x

GPU
Radeon HD 4290ATIBench 1%, 1,024 samples	5x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	3x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	2x

SSD
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	3x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	3x
INTENSO 240GBBench 77%, 887 samples	2x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	6x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	5x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	3x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $175

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