MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.9% 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	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	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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '17 at 16:01
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 61.8 2-Core 120 56% 88.9 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 391 38% 314 Pts	64-Core 117 7% 117 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% XFX(1682 9385) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.9% Below average	Lighting 48.1 Reflection 51.6 Parallax 64.9 39% 54.9 fps	MRender 50.4 Gravity 45.3 Splatting 37.1 36% 44.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 138877272 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9592 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 761888079 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4783 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180133049 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 639959077 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 51539607589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 29 138877272 (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 -24958054925305 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2808021252 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2634221131	51% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 85.7 Mixed 79.9 64% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.42 94% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 137GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 100999888 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 243992715 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13579 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 62 57 656736294 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37927 (C2) HDA temperature 38 43 64424509478 (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 -81119047306884 (F1) Unknown 100 253 73565470099 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1233641403970	56.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 93.2 Mixed 124 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 27GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 85.9 Write 77.7 Mixed 34.6 79% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.21 19% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 3x4GB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.1% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 6 14% 5.03 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 83%

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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 $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) $35	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