MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
SystemMSI MS-7693
MotherboardMSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)  (all builds)
Memory6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151221
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 10 '17 at 12:52
Run Duration88 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.5% Very good
Memory 92.7
1-Core 70.8
2-Core 131
62% 98.1 Pts
4-Core 274
8-Core 426
43% 350 Pts
64-Core 457
28% 457 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199
CLim: 1020 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
62.8% Good
Lighting 80.8
Reflection 57
Parallax 110
66% 82.4 fps
MRender 56.7
Gravity 76.8
Splatting 72.7
57% 68.7 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 62.8%
Great: 62%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 500GB (2012)
221GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
79% Very good
Read 153
Write 122
Mixed 126
101% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 2.21
4K Mixed 0.21
90% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 79%
Great: 79%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
53.5% Above average
MC Read 23.2
MC Write 15.5
MC Mixed 19.2
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 11.2
SC Write 9
SC Mixed 13.2
32% 11.1 GB/s
Latency 62.8
64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 53.5%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 970 GAMING (MS-7693) Builds (Compare 2,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $289
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