MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 55.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	86.5% 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	44.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150601
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '17 at 01:47
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	55.3% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 57.5 2-Core 102 51% 79.5 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 213 25% 196 Pts	64-Core 232 14% 232 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 89.3 Reflection 106 Parallax 195 73% 130 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 171 Splatting 121 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 125 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (64) Unknown 100 100 143472 (65) Unknown 100 100 24560 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 62 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 829 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 150325100572 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 380 (EA) Unknown 100 100 215 (F1) Unknown 100 100 278 (F2) Unknown 100 100 265 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	44.4% Average	Read 354 Write 188 Mixed 99.4 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 22.9 4K Mixed 9.41 59% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 38.6 DQ Mixed 10.2 15% 26.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 359GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223179036 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 427892476 (09) Power-on hours count 64 63 32406 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1472 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 73015558175 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 44 30468538392 (C2) HDA temperature 24 56 34359738392 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 25 223179036 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 145 123887 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -101455717429857 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2121632034 (F2) Unknown 100 253 972977469	67.3% Good	Read 114 Write 121 Mixed 83.2 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 68%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 242GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 162 6675 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6661 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1282 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 101 101 298309 (C2) HDA temperature 124 95 26 (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 99 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.4% Average	Read 88.7 Write 80 Mixed 31 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.13 50% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 183GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110073400 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7589 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9630928 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 49 454098968 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21146 (C2) HDA temperature 24 51 55834574872 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 71197672867043 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24818814056 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11758456856	47.7% Average	Read 87.6 Write 78.5 Mixed 24.9 46% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 66GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 161 6691 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7062 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1363 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38513 (C2) HDA temperature 128 100 22 (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	37.4% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 57.7 Mixed 17.7 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT12GX3M3A2000C9 4x4GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.8% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 12.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 10.8 24% 8.5 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 121%

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) - $300

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	69x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	26x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	8x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	7x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	6x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $627

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 $40	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