MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	28.1% 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	66.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '18 at 13:47
Run Duration	368 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.1% Average	Memory 69 1-Core 24.1 2-Core 47.6 34% 46.9 Pts	4-Core 84.8 8-Core 125 13% 105 Pts	64-Core 133 8% 133 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.1% Poor	Lighting 31 Reflection 38.4 Parallax 52.8 25% 40.8 fps	MRender 49.9 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 36 34% 41.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13821 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 679 (B1) Unknown 97 97 49 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 65 47 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 267 (F1) Unknown 99 99 56178512038	66.1% Good	Read 469 Write 366 Mixed 399 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 24.4 4K Mixed 19.5 75% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 61.9 DQ Write 38 DQ Mixed 21.8 24% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 77GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14200 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 660 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 70 44 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 239 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18187529300	67.9% Good	Read 466 Write 366 Mixed 401 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 20.7 80% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 64 DQ Write 41.4 DQ Mixed 24.5 26% 43.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 134%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 329GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 167 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 93 91 2155 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 264 (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 14488 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 311 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 72 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210454315034 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 273160 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 311 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 731846	56.7% Above average	Read 94 Write 103 Mixed 97.1 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 59%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 179GB free Firmware: GM3OA5BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 98 98 491 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790579004 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4764 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 68079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3989 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5415 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5415 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 214748954652 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.5% Average	Read 72 Write 75.8 Mixed 75.8 56% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 46%
Seagate ST9120817AS 120GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 89GB free Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6010 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 292566775 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2684 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 35 1976776261661 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1845 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1071305 (C2) HDA temperature 29 65 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 63 8328185 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.3% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 53.9 Mixed 52.3 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.31 67% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 34%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 29 Write 7.95 Mixed 14.8 19% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 1.1 126% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 12.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 71%

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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 $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 $274	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 $183	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