MSI 870A-G54 (FX)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.29% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7599
Motherboard	MSI 870A-G54 (FX) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 01:01
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Memory 72.3 1-Core 41.3 2-Core 81.1 43% 64.9 Pts	4-Core 133 8-Core 168 19% 151 Pts	64-Core 219 14% 219 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6700 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 3140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 5.62 Parallax 5.69 6% 6.07 fps	MRender 5.38 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 6.43 5% 5.55 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 388 Mixed 330 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 41.7 137% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 220 165% 220 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD WD1600JB-00GVC0 160GB 1,016 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 125GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 29.8 Mixed 21 SusWrite 29.9 20% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 32%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 46GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 70 68 67 68 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 65.5 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 68.5 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 55%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 142 142 142 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 130 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 141 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBRL0 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL0 8GB 422 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 12.4 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 6.7 15% 5.1 GB/s	Latency 96.1 42% 96.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 42%

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Typical 870A-G54 (FX) Builds (Compare 18 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 18%

Surfboard

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI 870A-G54 (FX)

CPU
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	3x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	2x
Radeon HD 6570AMDBench 5%, 19,220 samples	2x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples	1x

SSD
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	1x

RAM
Team-Elite-1600 DDR3-1333 16GBUnknownBench 31%, 3 samples	2x
s ST25664BA1339.8FMD ST25664BA1339.8FMD 8GBUnknownBench 41%, 3 samples	2x
99U5471-012.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 48%, 7,477 samples	1x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $132

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16