MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 960 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '17 at 16:16
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 54.2 2-Core 109 53% 82.4 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 218 29% 215 Pts	64-Core 217 13% 217 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2381) 1GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 368.81 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.8 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 11.4 13% 14.8 fps	MRender 23.4 Gravity 17.5 Splatting 19.5 16% 20.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 441GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 8166 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3159 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2855 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 237 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 133466 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 43 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.9% Very good	Read 151 Write 103 Mixed 104 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 81 57730687 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 429390347 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10448 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5060 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 400 (BC) Unknown 100 94 34360262682 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 48 706609194 (C2) HDA temperature 42 52 98784247850 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 27 57730687 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 152 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69419556428415 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1774525187 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2264714107	49.3% Average	Read 92.1 Write 79.8 Mixed 80.8 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.42 96% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB Corsair CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 Corsair CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 20GB 800, 800, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.2% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8.3 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns

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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 $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 $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