MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.4% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 08:30
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 70 2-Core 140 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 436 43% 353 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1480 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Lighting 48.5 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 60.5 40% 48 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 45 Splatting 42.7 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 34%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64301064 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 454624717 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1311 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 85900656681 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 554893343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1699 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 12884901919 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 187 7514 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 41437844487102 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41024033054 (F2) Unknown 100 253 172207242412	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 174 Mixed 109 114% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 49%

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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 $175Bench 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: 80% - Excellent

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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