MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	46.9% 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)
Boot Drive	170% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7893
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 01:47
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.55 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 78.6 2-Core 132 63% 100 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 436 42% 348 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.9% Average	Lighting 61 Reflection 62.4 Parallax 61.1 50% 61.5 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 33.5 Splatting 50.5 42% 51.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 750 863 850 898 902 903 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,240 Write 921 Mixed 635 SusWrite 861 204% 914 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 46.3 164% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 485 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 371 284% 388 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 243%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 930GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 123 124 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 100 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 127 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 71%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 128 116 118 126 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 109 Write 69.8 Mixed 103 SusWrite 118 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 6.1 825% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 9300 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 70.3 Write 130 Mixed 69.7 67% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.8 193% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 66%

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 (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 80%

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Gaming 34%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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