MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.2% 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	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 16:11
Run Duration	432 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 55.2 2-Core 57.9 44% 62.8 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 208 22% 178 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 74.2 Parallax 64.1 55% 68.6 fps	MRender 74.5 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 58.2 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 100 53 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 46 (A9) Unknown 100 100 124 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 100 223338299439 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 94 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2522 (F1) Unknown 253 253 960 (F2) Unknown 253 253 642	51.4% Above average	Read 450 Write 170 Mixed 254 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 3.56 77% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 67.1 DQ Mixed 23.9 24% 37.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 71%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 100 42458264 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 48111 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (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 69 52 521666591 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 888 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 85899345951 (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 -2237677961179 (F1) Unknown 100 253 589793626 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28083791	89.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 155 Mixed 152 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 96%
Seagate ST4000LM016-1N2170 4TB 2,075 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 123 100 552786981 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1529 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 4301009557 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -121045063300333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 504 (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 68 53 555221024 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11573 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 68719476768 (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 -35558034243215 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5568983853 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1957559404	43.8% Average	Read 71.4 Write 79.2 Mixed 70.8 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.43 4K Mixed 0.47 201% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 66%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 874GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99971006 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6746 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 50 50 352197738879 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2420 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 46 622526501 (C2) HDA temperature 37 54 34359738405 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 42 99971006 (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 -122814589811254 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1576263732 (F2) Unknown 100 253 996646094	50.5% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 84.9 Mixed 80.4 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.39 92% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 56%
SiImage 500GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 357GB free Firmware: 0000 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 75 Write 132 Mixed 99.3 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 3.92 4K Mixed 0.55 153% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 174GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 22744 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5977 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1059653 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2496 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295229444 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 639303718 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3033 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 73014444070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 6 22744 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 1159 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64493228919458 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32141950 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3125915084	57.3% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 105 Mixed 90.7 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.36 78% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 75%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.59% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 4.89 Mixed 3.74 9% 8.99 MB/s	4K Read 3.56 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.008 14% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.59% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1333EL Series 1333EL Series Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB Kingston 99U5403-455.A00LF 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 667, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.1% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 12.2 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 7.5 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 90 44% 90 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 34%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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