MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	43.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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

Run History

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 06:40
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Memory 60.5 1-Core 25.7 2-Core 47.9 31% 44.7 Pts	4-Core 90.5 8-Core 148 15% 119 Pts	64-Core 158 10% 158 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.1% Average	Lighting 47.9 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 67.8 39% 60.1 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 54.9 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 717GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5391 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2661 (B1) Unknown 98 98 17 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 68 48 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1207 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38338251322	64.8% Good	Read 470 Write 314 Mixed 339 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 18.9 80% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 85.1 DQ Write 42.7 DQ Mixed 25.4 29% 51.1 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 126%
Toshiba Q300 Pro 256GB-$149 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1354 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 552 (C2) HDA temperature 76 62 163209084952 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	73.9% Very good	Read 484 Write 438 Mixed 478 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 25.4 78% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 83.9 DQ Write 58.6 DQ Mixed 35.3 36% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 102%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 49GB free Firmware: 6.0.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8593175740 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 106120051951986 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1318 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 548 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 54 47248179234 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 97 97 8593175740 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 97 97 8593175740 (CC) Soft ECC correction 97 97 8593175740 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 12884901889 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3186 (EA) Unknown 0 0 842 (F1) Unknown 0 0 842 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1015	43.3% Average	Read 371 Write 113 Mixed 194 49% 226 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 11.3 63% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 79.2 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 28.1 32% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 648GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2115 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1767 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1368 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 437911578 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 842 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1272 (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	83.2% Excellent	Read 163 Write 127 Mixed 135 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.24 102% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 475GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 171 1441 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1986 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1344 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 540 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3272 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 27 (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	76.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 138 Mixed 126 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.28 127% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 14.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 8.8 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 63%

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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 $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16