MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.8% 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	30.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1776 x 1000 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 00:54
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 62.7 2-Core 116 57% 88.8 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 371 36% 293 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3101) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 23.9 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 20.8 20% 20.4 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 16.5 Splatting 21.2 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 20776518 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 73967926791355 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2224 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 547 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BD) vendor-specific 37 45 1005025296421 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 1005025296421 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20776518 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20776518 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20776518 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18432 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14570 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14570 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8908	30.9% Below average	Read 161 Write 78.4 Mixed 97.9 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 9.4 55% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 76.9 DQ Write 86.4 DQ Mixed 25.6 35% 63 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 459GB free Firmware: 1002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141490184 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 102 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 34466995231 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 622592037 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 80 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7429 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 77309411365 (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 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	56.1% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 101 Mixed 89.9 72% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.18 51% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 578GB free Firmware: ST6O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 38683804125 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 42504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4837 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6076 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6076 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 236224184361 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 25	49.7% Average	Read 87.1 Write 86 Mixed 81.2 64% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.41 98% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-2GBRL F3-14900CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 12GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 47%

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Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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 $295	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 $40	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