MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	23.7% 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	49% 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 9 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). 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	10.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '16 at 23:35
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Memory 57.9 1-Core 11.5 2-Core 22.8 24% 30.7 Pts	4-Core 43.1 8-Core 44 6% 43.5 Pts	64-Core 44.1 3% 44.1 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.7% Poor	Lighting 24 Reflection 35 Parallax 40 20% 33 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 36.1 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV400S37120G 120GB 965 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 218 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (64) Unknown 100 100 269024 (65) Unknown 100 100 68064 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 158 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 687 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 154620264477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 5 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 486 (EA) Unknown 100 100 273 (F1) Unknown 100 100 397 (F2) Unknown 100 100 307 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 5	49% Average	Read 438 Write 192 Mixed 191 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 22.1 4K Mixed 8.24 56% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 45.7 DQ Mixed 24.7 34% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 295GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220246903 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 573741990 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4177 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 63 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454688795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 31 220246903 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -76566381957761 (F1) Unknown 100 253 516670594 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2404515630	66.6% Good	Read 120 Write 113 Mixed 106 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.53 112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TX2400KLU-4GK Kingston 99U5403-427.A00LF TX2400KLU-4GK 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 667, 667, 667 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.3% Very poor	MC Read 4.9 MC Write 3.1 MC Mixed 4.6 12% 4.2 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 2.7 SC Mixed 3.7 10% 3.37 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 13%

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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 $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 $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16