MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 20:46
Run Duration	342 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 97.8 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 127 63% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 383 37% 304 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2127) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.77% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 1.35 Parallax 1.03 1% 1.07 fps	MRender 1.29 Gravity 0.63 Splatting 1.48 1% 1.13 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.77% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7378896 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 24807731103052 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1657 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 220 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 39 47247196190 (C2) HDA temperature 30 39 47247196190 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7378896 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7378896 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7378896 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3276 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3340 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3340 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5698 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3604522	40.1% Average	Read 298 Write 125 Mixed 165 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 11.6 60% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 96.4 DQ Mixed 11 23% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 294GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 119 94 7016 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14748 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9204 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 338 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 103 103 293195 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 36 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	40.9% Average	Read 70.7 Write 72 Mixed 22.5 40% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.3 52% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 57%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 113GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 128 Write 1.47 Mixed 30.9 46% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.38 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.81 44% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.5% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.8 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 7.7 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 67%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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