MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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.
Boot Drive	62.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 20:25
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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-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 68.3 1-Core 24.3 2-Core 48.7 34% 47.1 Pts	4-Core 89.2 8-Core 129 14% 109 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 34.7 Reflection 46.2 42% 40.5 fps
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6565 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 137 (B1) Unknown 97 97 43 (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 63 59 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7780142998	62.1% Good	Read 468 Write 369 Mixed 393 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 12.5 67% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 31.3 DQ Mixed 20.6 18% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 630GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 81 44219384 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2407 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 5544 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 397045099 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 666 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 22147694631 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 335 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64112 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 -140737488355289 (C5) Current pending sector count 94 84 1096 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 94 84 1096 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -89154931111534 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3308558302 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6047748346	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 182 Mixed 184 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 270GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 1712 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2238 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 8643749678 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27746 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1072 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885426185 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 50 773783594 (C2) HDA temperature 42 50 64424509482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 29 1712 (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 125992865654582 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1461863600 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2687005778	53.3% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 95.2 Mixed 79.4 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.61 106% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 103GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 32200 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2155 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32571 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1198 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 468 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1686 (C2) HDA temperature 102 86 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	56.9% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 106 Mixed 101 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G F3-14900CL9-4GBSR KHX1866C10D3/8G F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 24GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 933, 800, 933, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 12 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 56%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16