MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 11% 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 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 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.9% 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	47% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130328
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 18:51
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

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 Phenom II X4 960T-$469 4,461 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 84.1 1-Core 46.2 2-Core 91.8 49% 74 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 166 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 3011) 2GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 26.5 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 31.8 22% 28.8 fps	MRender 25.6 Gravity 21 Splatting 33.1 22% 26.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 124438451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 126976413148683 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2051 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 250 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 43 62 81608441899 (C2) HDA temperature 43 62 81608441899 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 124438451 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 124438451 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 124438451 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22179 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18829 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18829 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14173	47% Average	Read 470 Write 114 Mixed 148 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 9.24 58% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 79.7 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 24.4 39% 73.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 228GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 2433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 640 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2210 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 437 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3403 (C2) HDA temperature 100 83 43 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 141 Mixed 115 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.32 111% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 933, 933 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.1% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 8.2 22% 7.77 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.2 15% 5.23 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	222x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	100x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	78x

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 $76Bench 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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Value: 75% - Very good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16