MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 23:03
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 66.2 2-Core 108 54% 84.6 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 158 23% 169 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 5400 10,400 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 3000) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.06% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 1.59 1% 1.48 fps	MRender 1.43 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.35 1% 1.23 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.06% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 407GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 183368321 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2378777 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (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 67 59 555089953 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 207 (C2) HDA temperature 33 22 94489280545 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 183368321 (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 -105639015611885 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1736630851 (F2) Unknown 100 253 762026221	80.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 131 Mixed 39.1 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.19 54% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 113%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 566GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 161 160 6908 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6227 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6191 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6227 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 37 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.9% Average	Read 76.9 Write 79.5 Mixed 34.1 47% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 51%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 478GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 90.8 Write 87.3 Mixed 62.5 100% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 44%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 817 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 3600 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.72% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 9.88 Mixed 10.7 16% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.25 29% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.72% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BD160BJ.M8F 2x4GB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 59%

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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 $47Bench 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 $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 $46

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