MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '16 at 22:59
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 67 2-Core 122 58% 91.7 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 297 33% 260 Pts	64-Core 297 18% 297 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 2339) 2GB CLim: 1160 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Lighting 28.1 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 33.3 23% 31.1 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 24.8 Splatting 32.6 24% 28.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 718GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19360440 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 84911550 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2057 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 445 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 23 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 65 538181664 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 887 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 55834574880 (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 100991861000205 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16055333845 (F2) Unknown 100 253 420715882155	77.8% Very good	Read 104 Write 166 Mixed 81 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.6 191% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 375GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 123 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9730 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 17646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5186 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 123 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 246 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 53 386727959 (C2) HDA temperature 71 52 487391261 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 48453 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 32 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	42.6% Average	Read 73.7 Write 74.4 Mixed 33 44% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.38 104% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 62%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 362GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 193 3678 (03) Spinup time 183 175 5833 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1459 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 13 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1006 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10173 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 188 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 195 40 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 195 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 194 75	48.4% Average	Read 95.2 Write 73.2 Mixed 39.5 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 63%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 188GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5420 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5093 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2932 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 63 370016278 (C2) HDA temperature 73 57 453902363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1870 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 56 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	30.4% Below average	Read 38.5 Write 66.9 Mixed 37.1 35% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.53 124% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 59%

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 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.3 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 72%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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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Total price: $289

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