MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 13:48
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 75.7 1-Core 30.7 2-Core 61.7 39% 56 Pts	4-Core 110 8-Core 178 18% 144 Pts	64-Core 192 12% 192 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62% Good	Lighting 51 Reflection 73.1 Parallax 149 42% 91 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 145 Splatting 112 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13890679 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -16286515974589 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 79 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 42 51542360093 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 51542360093 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13890679 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13890679 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13890679 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 81604378625 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23373 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10790 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10790 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4397 (F4) Unknown 94 94 12124345	52.1% Above average	Read 483 Write 101 Mixed 131 51% 238 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 12.7 76% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 99.5 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 36.1 45% 79.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 37GB free Firmware: 02.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 839 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 779 (C2) HDA temperature 108 98 35 (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	100% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 140 Mixed 112 114% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.27 108% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 14.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9.4 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	960x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	149x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	141x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	34x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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