MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.65% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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 (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '17 at 04:54
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 50.3 2-Core 111 51% 80.4 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 299 30% 245 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.65% Terrible	Lighting 5.63 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 16.1 5% 11.1 fps	MRender 14.5 Gravity 16.6 Splatting 18 14% 16.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 7.65% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 657GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 2108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 196 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 185 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	89.8% Excellent	Read 156 Write 157 Mixed 149 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.35 137% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 109%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 120 (03) Spinup time 142 126 5883 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3356 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 52316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3273 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 388 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3338 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 29 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 75 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.5% Average	Read 87.7 Write 67.2 Mixed 78.6 59% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 54%
FLASH Drive SM_USB20 16GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 9GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Read 30.9 Write 9.9 Mixed 11.3 18% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.11 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 20% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF F3-12800CL9-4GBRL Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.2 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 45%

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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 $273	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 $177	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