MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.1% 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	54.2% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '16 at 21:13
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 (96^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 74 2-Core 141 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 434 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 103 Reflection 144 Parallax 139 84% 129 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 146 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8605981364 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -102099962558910 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 532 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 33 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 42952491038 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 104 104 8605981364 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 104 104 8605981364 (CC) Soft ECC correction 104 104 8605981364 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 34359738368 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2913 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2758 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2758 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7301	54.2% Above average	Read 508 Write 202 Mixed 262 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 14.2 4K Mixed 14.3 55% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 49.6 53% 88.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214531336 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1568 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4319206618 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 852 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437911578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8353 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 38654705690 (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 121014998533636 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6633706301753 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4959340471204	98.8% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 183 Mixed 145 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.44 122% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.9 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 61%

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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	961x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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	142x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16