MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.2% 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	69% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 08:16
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 131 61% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 300 32% 253 Pts	64-Core 284 18% 284 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gainward(10B0 1187) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 41.2 26% 33.9 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 32.3 30% 36.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3076 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 474 (B1) Unknown 93 93 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8843521797	69% Good	Read 452 Write 250 Mixed 264 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 22.8 101% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 83.3 DQ Mixed 14.4 39% 84.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 114%
Samsung HE502IJ 500GB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 394GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 87 87 4840 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 15857 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23905 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4893 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 71 71 29 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 55 370540566 (C2) HDA temperature 76 51 404095000 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1873 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	53.2% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 95.8 Mixed 87 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 52%
Samsung HE502IJ 500GB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 116GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 87 87 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 7992 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 30996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4892 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 149 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 61 353697813 (C2) HDA temperature 76 59 404029464 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 580 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 450 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46.4% Average	Read 75 Write 86.4 Mixed 86.7 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.36 108% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 52%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 39GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 130 125 6466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 620 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 561 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 56652 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 30 (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 0	50.4% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 84.1 Mixed 79.5 64% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 800, 800, 933, 933 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 17.1 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $225

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