MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	30.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 16:27
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Memory 81.8 1-Core 38.8 2-Core 76.1 45% 65.6 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 236 23% 188 Pts	64-Core 237 15% 237 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.5% Good	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 93.7 Parallax 88.9 57% 84.3 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 77.1 66% 81.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM01.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^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 12251 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (A2) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 80 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9961982 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8047 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2760	30.5% Below average	Read 210 Write 72 Mixed 67.9 25% 116 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 3.05 53% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 31 DQ Mixed 0.61 18% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1750 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 103851 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 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 200 200 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.8% Very good	Read 149 Write 129 Mixed 127 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 84%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 96 Write 95.6 Mixed 76.9 114% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 8.97 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.5 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $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