MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.9% 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	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 960 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '16 at 23:53
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 145 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 428 43% 347 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.9% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 57 Parallax 81.8 52% 67.4 fps	MRender 56.4 Gravity 54.8 Splatting 74.4 52% 61.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 56GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 57 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 89 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 435051332	69.4% Good	Read 474 Write 324 Mixed 330 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 18.9 94% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 93.6 DQ Mixed 43.9 39% 57.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14274269 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -33535104642381 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 530 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 484 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 46 68722491418 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 68722491418 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14274269 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14274269 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14274269 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2825 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3561 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3561 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4058 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5505068	53.7% Above average	Read 496 Write 177 Mixed 239 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 11.1 66% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 11.4 30% 58.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 25496568 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1671 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 171532 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4179 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 547 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 471269401 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3152 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 60129542169 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6433861009940 (F1) Unknown 100 253 712294175 (F2) Unknown 100 253 172436426	103% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 167 Mixed 177 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 14.7 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 10.9 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 85%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	960x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	149x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	141x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	34x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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