MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.3% 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	42.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '17 at 14:48
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.55 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 61.6 2-Core 111 57% 87.9 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 382 36% 297 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 51 Parallax 54.8 37% 50.4 fps	MRender 50.5 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 39.2 35% 43.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 78 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4301127749 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 51 210453397543 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 98785361943 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 145 (EA) Unknown 100 100 327 (F1) Unknown 253 253 248 (F2) Unknown 253 253 86 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	42.3% Average	Read 379 Write 174 Mixed 133 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 2.62 54% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 53.7 DQ Mixed 3.76 13% 27.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 825GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 424 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 420 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 405 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 28 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 172 Mixed 128 122% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.27 108% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 219GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 179786832 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 432 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1227647 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (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 72 64 471269404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 448 (C2) HDA temperature 28 6 25769803804 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 4 179786832 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -37434934951646 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2167049884 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1238880813	82.2% Excellent	Read 144 Write 143 Mixed 154 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 4GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 89 3183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1990 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 208 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11584 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1793 (BF) G-sense error rate 86 86 141659 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 223338889243 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 208 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 48968 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 298 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 100235	54.9% Above average	Read 88 Write 103 Mixed 33.2 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 59%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 64GB-$13 599 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 37GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 11 Mixed 13.7 20% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.67 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.81 79% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 55%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

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 $80Bench 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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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 $178	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