MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 21:27
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 78.9 2-Core 153 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 478 48% 392 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5500 5,613 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Sapphire(174B E930) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.99% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 4.69 Parallax 3.41 3% 4 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 2.97 Splatting 3.52 3% 3.18 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.99% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506A 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 106 106 12578875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -44710609543036 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4543 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 726 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 45 79 77314588717 (C2) HDA temperature 45 79 77314588717 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12578875 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12578875 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12578875 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20569 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22899 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22899 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17777	34.2% Below average	Read 151 Write 84.1 Mixed 111 26% 115 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 13.2 63% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 81.6 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 8.13 29% 64 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 73%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 154GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 58 (03) Spinup time 161 159 4950 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11743 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7923 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10816 (C2) HDA temperature 103 95 44 (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 200 149 31143 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.2% Below average	Read 66.4 Write 63 Mixed 65.1 49% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.37 93% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 616GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 154 Write 139 Mixed 129 178% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.25 49% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2X4G64CB8HG5N-DG 2x4GB 1,719 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 14.1 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 61%

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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 $131	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