MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.1% 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	87% 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.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 00:02
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 76.6 2-Core 156 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 473 48% 386 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3250) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1595 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 116 92% 116 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 98.8 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 768GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^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 100 100 577 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 591 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 150 (A3) Unknown 100 100 49 (A4) Unknown 100 100 25462 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 321445 (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 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 216927 (F2) Unknown 100 100 236045 (F5) Unknown 100 100 407392	87% Excellent	Read 502 Write 427 Mixed 457 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 32.6 108% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 70.6 78% 130 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 105%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 211GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th 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 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 835 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 29 (A3) Unknown 100 100 346 (94) Unknown 100 100 7729 (95) Unknown 100 100 158 (96) Unknown 100 100 53 (97) Unknown 100 100 111 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5049 (A5) Unknown 100 100 56 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43023327428637 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3360 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2429 (F5) Unknown 100 100 29820 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15458 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	63.9% Good	Read 471 Write 240 Mixed 262 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 20.2 82% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 86.9 DQ Mixed 43.5 55% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 901GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2210 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2186 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1926 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 32 (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	73.9% Very good	Read 144 Write 113 Mixed 118 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.43 138% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 335GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 236 232 8191 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3539 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3519 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 369 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3539 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 33 (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 1 2269 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.5% Average	Read 90.3 Write 81.7 Mixed 88.8 66% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 18.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 14.1 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 86%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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