MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '16 at 16:26
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 76.9 2-Core 151 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 470 46% 379 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 480-$500 3,874 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8359) 1.5GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Lighting 28.3 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 31.3 23% 34.4 fps	MRender 42.3 Gravity 23.1 Splatting 32.8 27% 32.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4746 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1713 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1318772411273 (A6) Unknown 100 100 19 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 65 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 40 (AE) Unknown 100 100 711 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 57 244814446631 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622973790208 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4559 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15539 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10692 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12031 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	56.5% Above average	Read 383 Write 198 Mixed 190 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 13.6 82% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 98.6 DQ Mixed 10.4 38% 83.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 93%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 8GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 7 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 88 3451 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1861 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3026 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1278 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 57 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206158954529 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 202 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 44750	52.2% Above average	Read 87.6 Write 94.1 Mixed 90.6 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 42GB free, PID 0201 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 66.7 Write 60.4 Mixed 51.8 75% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.18 18% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.3% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 18 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.6 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 73%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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 $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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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 $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