MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 06:10
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 78.3 2-Core 155 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 487 46% 381 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 68.5 63% 74.7 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 73.8 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 915GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 148 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 90 2437 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3953 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9872 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 415 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3898 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2644512 (B7) Unknown 100 100 434 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 63 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 223339216925 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1539 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 212046 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223339216925 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 61681	61.9% Good	Read 109 Write 107 Mixed 99.5 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.28 85% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 113439262 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 927 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 95380448 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 915 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 521994269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 933 (C2) HDA temperature 29 10 42949672989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 113439262 (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 9444633086020 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11792792459 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28422665610	91.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 154 Mixed 144 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 F3-1600C11-4GIS 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 16.9 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 13.5 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 48%

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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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16