MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	23.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 17:34
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Memory 74.4 1-Core 35.2 2-Core 69.2 41% 59.6 Pts	4-Core 126 8-Core 215 21% 170 Pts	64-Core 219 14% 219 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 3058) CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Lighting 28.5 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 33.7 23% 30.9 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 36 24% 28.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2778 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2334 (B1) Unknown 99 99 37 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 29 (EB) Unknown 99 99 465 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24095998620
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 417GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 77 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 100 90 (03) Spinup time 123 100 25790644522 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3787 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3590 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 61 2691697 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 388038687 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3787 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3787 (C2) HDA temperature 193 136 193274380319 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 21	63.3% Good	Read 106 Write 114 Mixed 110 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 76%
WL1000GSA3272 1TB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 303GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6461 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11116 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 34 (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 200 200 230 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.9% Average	Read 92.9 Write 77.1 Mixed 75 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.45 114% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 96%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 276GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 1 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7872 (04) Start/Stop count 61 61 39641 (05) Reallocated sector count 8 8 862 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17821 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 82 82 18849 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 173245 (BB) vendor-specific 57 57 3407916 (BC) Unknown 100 100 87 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 29 (C2) HDA temperature 154 115 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 173245 (C4) Reallocation count 8 8 862 (C5) Current pending sector count 89 89 103 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 85 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 84 84 5393	40.1% Average	Read 70 Write 69.6 Mixed 66.2 52% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9.9 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 91.6 44% 91.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 81%

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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