MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.5% 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)
Memory	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	14.7 GB free of 18 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 12 '17 at 20:30
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 68.3 2-Core 128 58% 93.7 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 383 39% 313 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 22D0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1290 MHz, MLim: 2010 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 70.7 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 87.1 58% 74.7 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 56 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 811GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 83 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 76 66 7565 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15067 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7141 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 54 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4070 (B5) Unknown 100 100 20086814 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9884 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 214748889112 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 162 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5172 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 54 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 15481	67.5% Good	Read 107 Write 128 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 355GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 58 816 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8270 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5629 (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 98 98 11566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4109 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 58 654 (B7) Unknown 100 100 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 25817 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 65 336789524 (C2) HDA temperature 80 55 353566740 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3534737 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 92 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 1377 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 60.8 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.35 88% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 58%
Samsung HD155UI 1.5TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 174GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5899 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 64 54 10981 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14030 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 736 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3785 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3538 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1296802 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1538 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 201864118296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 93 93 736 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 120 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1174 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 14427	58.3% Above average	Read 87.8 Write 116 Mixed 80.2 71% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 70%
Apacer A7202 128GB 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: VBM1901Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 31118 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1758 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 87 87 777 (B2) Unknown 58 58 25 (B3) Unknown 97 97 113 (B4) Unknown 97 97 3727 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 8 (E8) Unknown 58 58 35 (E9) Unknown 1 1 4294967294

WD My Passport 0820 1.5TB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 144GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 82.7 Write 84 Mixed 71.4 102% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.23 63% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1600C11 Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 18GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 800, 667, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.5% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 42%

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Gaming 34%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $29	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