MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	46.5% 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	71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 05:40
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	48.2% Average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 35.3 2-Core 70.1 41% 60 Pts	4-Core 125 8-Core 143 18% 134 Pts	64-Core 146 9% 146 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.5% Average	Lighting 57.3 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 76.1 47% 64.4 fps	MRender 59.9 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 51.3 46% 57.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3204 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 79 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 38 38 62 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6612186826	71.8% Very good	Read 483 Write 381 Mixed 400 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 18 93% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 51.4 DQ Mixed 17.9 20% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 494GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100209096 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1400 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 4688225707 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 682 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 48 47 873922612 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 247 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53788 (C2) HDA temperature 52 53 68719476788 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 18 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -82867098992068 (F1) Unknown 100 253 49178483373 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1084406305749	94.6% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 151 Mixed 160 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.19 86% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 DCLT4GN128O 12GB 667, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.4% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 11.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 7.1 18% 6.33 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $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