MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.1% 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	86.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 12:11
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 5 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 87.2 2-Core 172 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 538 51% 423 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3417) CLim: 1393 MHz, MLim: 1775 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.1% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 87.4 53% 74.4 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 56.6 51% 63 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128GSSD230S 128GB 2,263 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1025F8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (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 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 38 (A3) Unknown 100 100 7 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1698 (A5) Unknown 100 100 24 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (94) Unknown 100 100 2876 (95) Unknown 100 100 140 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 84 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 60 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6670 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10957 (F5) Unknown 100 100 13584	86.8% Excellent	Read 514 Write 411 Mixed 463 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 26.7 114% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 50.6 66% 115 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 110%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50 10,446 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 117GB free Firmware: AX003J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1043 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 4950 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4111 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2431 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 858 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 46946 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 266289152034 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3394 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 256 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	47.7% Average	Read 81.7 Write 84.6 Mixed 72.4 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.19 59% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 54%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 679GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 86.1 Write 87.8 Mixed 91 115% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.6% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $175Bench 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 $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