MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 06:40
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 70 2-Core 137 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 407 40% 327 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 61.8 57% 66 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 52.2 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155050936 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2733 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 21523035117 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1951 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 43 172337332256 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 91041 (C2) HDA temperature 32 57 64424509472 (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 115075058765245 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23614001133 (F2) Unknown 100 253 46469685167	16.9% Very poor	Read 145 Write 171 Mixed 49.4 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.18 2% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 17%
ST3000DM001-1ER166 240GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 30GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8151 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2370 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 144 (AE) Unknown 100 100 252 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 50 214748364835 (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 100 100 216 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28113859467 (F7) Unknown 100 100 885982100 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1378504967	53.8% Above average	Read 284 Write 265 Mixed 206 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 16.2 80% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 90.8 DQ Mixed 16.2 24% 42.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 94%
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2630 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 984 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 940 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3276921 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9752	61.3% Good	Read 389 Write 347 Mixed 336 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 11.9 78% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 12.8 18% 31.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 18.2 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 49%

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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 $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $37Bench 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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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $225

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	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