MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	53.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 21:27
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 75.9 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 122 53% 87 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 353 35% 284 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 60.5 55% 65.4 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 54.9 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 88807190 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 85366769977960 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 13 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 36 73016803356 (C2) HDA temperature 28 36 73016803356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 88807190 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 88807190 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 88807190 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 42949672961 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2652 (EA) Unknown 0 0 913 (F1) Unknown 0 0 913 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1159 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1835021	55.4% Above average	Read 440 Write 132 Mixed 169 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 15.4 89% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 32.4 40% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 73%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 161 10883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 306 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (10) Unknown 0 200 6888163246 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 297 (C2) HDA temperature 123 116 29 (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	88.6% Excellent	Read 160 Write 148 Mixed 158 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.3 110% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 14.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.2 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 63%

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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 $175Bench 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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

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