MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95.5% 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	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '16 at 17:15
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 128 61% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 439 40% 337 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 126 Parallax 112 101% 121 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 109 Splatting 97.3 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 199GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4865 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2542 (B1) Unknown 97 97 34 (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 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 569 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22852034874	69.5% Good	Read 471 Write 313 Mixed 337 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 17.1 102% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 51.8 DQ Mixed 15.9 19% 32.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 118%
Intenso SATA III SSD 120GB 1,366 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 468 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 101 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196620 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 659	76.5% Very good	Read 499 Write 442 Mixed 475 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 13.3 78% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 11.3 48% 108 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 76 (03) Spinup time 185 168 5741 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5430 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4382 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 670 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 124738 (C2) HDA temperature 127 109 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49% Average	Read 91.5 Write 79 Mixed 74.5 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.13 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 933 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.3% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 72%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $225

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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