MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.8% 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	30.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 07:28
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 146 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 437 44% 359 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2032 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 91% 109 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac ZTSSD-A4P-120G 120GB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5780 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 37 (AD) Unknown 100 100 82510191 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14585009	30.4% Below average	Read 295 Write 68.5 Mixed 103 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 2.5 48% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 36.4 DQ Mixed 3.72 10% 20.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 825GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896895161 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2917 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2918 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2918 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 158914969630 (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 200 200 0	98.1% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 170 Mixed 94.7 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 152GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 76 88701893 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7847 (05) Reallocated sector count 2 2 4015 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107714176 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2606 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295294981 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 538509343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 29 88701893 (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 110513803519633 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2724265342 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1420026715	47.8% Average	Read 99.1 Write 67.6 Mixed 60.5 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.32 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Dark-1600 Dark-1600 12GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 667, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	36.7% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 38%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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