MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 22:22
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 59.2 2-Core 112 57% 87.6 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 308 31% 253 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 111 88% 111 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 89 77% 94.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 391 401 407 406 406 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 428 Mixed 360 SusWrite 397 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 40.2 135% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 215 173% 244 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 118%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 222GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 110 111 121 113 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 480 Write 413 Mixed 362 SusWrite 129 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 30 105% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 169 152% 230 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 190GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 106 107 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 59 SusWrite 107 72% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 927GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 116 114 116 116 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 116 Write 100 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 115 71% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1067 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.9% Above average	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 88%

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Typical 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) Builds (Compare 263 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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