MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.2% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7640
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 09:08
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 74.8 2-Core 150 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 451 44% 361 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 92 57% 73.9 fps	MRender 58.7 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 76.5 54% 64.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 487 Write 418 Mixed 339 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 21.3 97% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 170 126% 171 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 196GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 76 94 89 79 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 111 Write 29.7 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 85.9 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 155GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 125 Write 118 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 97.9 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 667, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.7% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 9.1 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 45%

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

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Typical 990FXA-GD65 (MS-7640) Builds (Compare 177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 29%

Raft

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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16