MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.9% 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	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 05:44
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 134 61% 97.9 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 309 35% 275 Pts	64-Core 312 19% 312 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 44.2 30% 38 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 37.6 27% 32.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2276 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2046 (11) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1088 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1441912 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 7 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9906 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5263	72.4% Very good	Read 496 Write 414 Mixed 467 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 10.5 81% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 13.2 34% 65.9 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 256GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3280 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2162 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3235 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 23 (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	85.5% Excellent	Read 157 Write 141 Mixed 119 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.32 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 2x8GB 4,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.3% Average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 62%

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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 $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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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