MSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 24%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics10.1% 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.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7640
MotherboardMSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640)  (all builds)
Memory0.5 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150601
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 26 '19 at 07:24
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
51.4% Above average
Memory 79.6
1-Core 36.8
2-Core 67.8
43% 61.4 Pts
4-Core 128
8-Core 226
21% 177 Pts
64-Core 229
14% 229 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 51.4%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 250
MSI(1462 3012) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
10.1% Very poor
Lighting 12.9
Reflection 13.5
Parallax 17.8
10% 14.8 fps
MRender 8.33
Gravity 13.4
Splatting 11.7
9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 10.1%
Great: 10%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33
572GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 58 67 90 100 94 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
50% Average
Read 94.8
Write 66
Mixed 69.6
SusWrite 79
57% 77.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 50%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905403-183.A00LF 1x2GB
1 of 4 slots used
2GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
30.8% Below average
MC Read 11.4
MC Write 10.8
MC Mixed 9
30% 10.4 GB/s
SC Read 8.3
SC Write 6.2
SC Mixed 8.5
22% 7.67 GB/s
Latency 81.2
49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 25%
This bench: 30.8%
Great: 31%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640) Builds (Compare 184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD80 (MS-7640) - $190

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