MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22% 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	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121226
Uptime	20.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 15:34
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 64.5 2-Core 124 57% 90.9 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 365 35% 289 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 24.4 Parallax 31.9 21% 27.4 fps	MRender 32.7 Gravity 30.1 Splatting 25.7 24% 29.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13559 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2498 (B1) Unknown 82 82 216 (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 60 57 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 65 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31819375517	40.1% Average	Read 346 Write 76.8 Mixed 96.6 37% 173 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 8.28 68% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 71.2 DQ Mixed 9.65 19% 36.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 73%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 537GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 158 6783 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8241 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28950 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4451 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1051 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8241 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 34 (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 200 200 189 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.6% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 89.4 Mixed 33.9 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.36 106% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 51%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 96.4 Write 87.4 Mixed 67.2 104% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.7% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.63 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 9.4 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 38%

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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

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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 $52

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