MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.6% 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	74.2% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 01:26
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 142 61% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 381 39% 314 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.11.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Lighting 31 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 36.9 25% 33.8 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 39.3 26% 31.2 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1391 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 220 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4325470 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3641	74.2% Very good	Read 503 Write 437 Mixed 437 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 12.5 88% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 66 DQ Mixed 12.1 19% 35.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 99%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 144 144 38684656023 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 429 (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 100 100 837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 429 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 429 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 188979544093 (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 200 200 2	75.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 134 Mixed 110 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.43 114% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45802068 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82855606 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1662 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 65 65 35 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032846 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 52 437452824 (C2) HDA temperature 24 48 60129542168 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 48 45802068 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 120959163964347 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2627434538 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2525192516	37.5% Below average	Read 75.7 Write 54.8 Mixed 69.7 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.41 91% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.7% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 85%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $134	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