MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.1% 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	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '16 at 21:16
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Memory 82.8 1-Core 60.8 2-Core 94.4 52% 79.3 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 241 26% 206 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0460) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.9.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 33 Parallax 44.1 30% 37.9 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 38.2 28% 32.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8598238564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -104926051040723 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 199 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 33 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 49 54 73017983025 (C2) HDA temperature 49 54 73017983025 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8598238564 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 8598238564 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 8598238564 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 51539607552 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1136 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1004 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1004 (F2) Unknown 0 0 717 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2686983	55.7% Above average	Read 498 Write 154 Mixed 200 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 10.5 74% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 89.1 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 33.6 48% 86.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 791GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 240 218 7983 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3618 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3508 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3614 (C2) HDA temperature 101 94 49 (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 47 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.1% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 96.7 Mixed 64.5 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.55 142% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 1,256 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 10.2 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 68%

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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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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