MSI 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.8% 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)
Boot Drive	21% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111109
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '16 at 20:49
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 455-$90 3,733 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 48.7 2-Core 97.6 48% 74.3 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 146 20% 146 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3212) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.0 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.8% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 20.6 Parallax 54.8 28% 36.7 fps	MRender 20.4 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 34.8 27% 32.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 90GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 4796876 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -57715770515162 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1261 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 132 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 1 129 545469300737 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 99 4796876 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4864 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4672 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4672 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6976	21% Poor	Read 83.9 Write 78.3 Mixed 76.8 18% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 7.91 38% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 15.8 DQ Write 55 DQ Mixed 7.29 14% 26 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 47%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 343GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 73 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896764083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 811 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 813 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 813 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 201864380442 (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 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 163 Mixed 25.7 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 12.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 8.3 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640) - $380

CPU
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	23x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	12x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	9x

GPU
HD 6850AMDBench 12%, 31,600 samples	6x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	5x
R9 380XAMD $120Bench 38%, 20,573 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	24x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	12x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	9x

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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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