MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 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 59.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	87.5% 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	85.1% 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	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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '18 at 08:12
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	59.4% Above average	Memory 83.2 1-Core 58.1 2-Core 111 54% 84.2 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 325 32% 259 Pts	64-Core 312 19% 312 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 134 Parallax 125 87% 122 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 52 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 446 Write 361 Mixed 314 SusWrite 78.2 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 25.6 105% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 151 136% 205 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 97 90 91 93 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 471 Write 436 Mixed 367 SusWrite 125 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 46.2 150% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 258 194% 259 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: 505ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 124 130 134 129 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 349 Write 148 Mixed 198 SusWrite 130 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 29.9 110% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 110 92% 133 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 373GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 111 112 112 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 101 Write 99.8 Mixed 69 SusWrite 111 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 666GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 101 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 61 SusWrite 102 124% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 2,354 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.3% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 11.4 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 74.8 53% 74.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 85%

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

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Typical 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) Builds (Compare 263 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $133	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