MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '22 at 15:32
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 125 58% 93.4 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 410 39% 324 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FE9) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 183 Parallax 189 152% 186 fps	MRender 209 Gravity 164 Splatting 0.1 89% 125 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 498GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 621 88 89 83 86 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 829 Write 350 Mixed 561 SusWrite 175 106% 479 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 54.7 182% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 156 118% 158 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 157%
Kbg40zns256g NVMe KIOXIA 256GB 13,282 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 62GB free Firmware: 10410104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 582 706 584 321 193 128 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,140 Write 900 Mixed 988 SusWrite 419 193% 862 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 60.1 195% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 446 328% 434 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 219%
Kioxia-exceria S 240GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 73GB free Firmware: SBFA SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 170 163 163 197 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 351 Write 104 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 192 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 23.1 4K Mixed 14.5 59% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 33 DQ Mixed 27.7 21% 28.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 21GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 125 132 131 120 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 114 Write 86.7 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 126 73% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $139Bench 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 $260	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 $175	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) $32	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