MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151221
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 09:50
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th 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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 142 61% 99.8 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 350 39% 306 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 68%

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: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 149 Parallax 136 95% 134 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 73918865 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 -62242666031957 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 67 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 47 1009320394780 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 1009320394780 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 73918865 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 73918865 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 73918865 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32361 (EA) Unknown 0 0 28628 (F1) Unknown 0 0 28628 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14827	54.1% Above average	Read 488 Write 104 Mixed 181 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 15 72% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 53.8 66% 119 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 85%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 186 100 9683 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 931 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6575 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 919 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	117% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 230 Mixed 176 146% 194 MB/s	4K Read 2.36 4K Write 3.04 4K Mixed 0.27 185% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GB 6,864 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.4% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.9 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 60%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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