MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	40.7% 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	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '16 at 09:11
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.4% Average	Memory 69.3 1-Core 23.9 2-Core 46.5 34% 46.6 Pts	4-Core 86.9 8-Core 142 14% 115 Pts	64-Core 145 9% 145 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.7% Average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 58.9 Parallax 68 35% 56.7 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 54.7 51% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 231GB free Firmware: 8EV10171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 806 Write 623 Mixed 793 165% 741 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 31.8 113% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 82.1 DQ Write 64.4 DQ Mixed 37.3 38% 61.3 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 230%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2940 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1290 (B1) Unknown 93 93 82 (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 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 121 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38074253698	61.5% Good	Read 480 Write 274 Mixed 333 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 24.3 4K Mixed 17.3 75% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 88.6 DQ Write 48.8 DQ Mixed 28 32% 55.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84727616 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1824 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13227448 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1300 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 42 1413599592480 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21182 (C2) HDA temperature 32 58 68719476768 (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 90378996812237 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7648851330 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9295578186	61.1% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 88.7 75% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 7.44 4K Mixed 0.42 207% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x4GB 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 8 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 74%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $175Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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