MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.1% 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	66.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '17 at 09:59
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 67.9 2-Core 135 60% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 388 39% 315 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 61.6 Parallax 79.7 56% 69.9 fps	MRender 60.8 Gravity 55 Splatting 77 54% 64.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5260 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 857 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 46 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22536093009	66.2% Good	Read 394 Write 329 Mixed 335 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 18.3 95% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 22.1 26% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 751GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179549280 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3434 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 8943207950 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12921 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3390 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6517 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 30064771100 (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 19563576046243 (F1) Unknown 100 253 63861132720 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90587192140	104% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 183 Mixed 111 117% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.35 104% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 933, 933, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 63%

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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 $179	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