MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.1% 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	105% 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 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 04:00
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 146 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 470 45% 373 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% EVGA(3842 2690) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.1% Below average	Lighting 35.4 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 49 29% 39.9 fps	MRender 48.7 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 33 32% 40.8 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 66 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 75008057	105% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 394 Mixed 411 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 45.1 162% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 117 121% 199 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 530GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 683 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2058 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 29 (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 200 183 51 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 144 Mixed 143 123% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.33 120% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 103GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 40 (03) Spinup time 139 138 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3843 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17541 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3796 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 348 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3494 (C2) HDA temperature 112 92 31 (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 200 200 342 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.6% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 78.3 Mixed 79.9 55% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.26 65% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,941 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	47.2% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 54%

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Gaming 23%

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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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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