MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.5% 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	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 22:59
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 68.3 2-Core 122 59% 93.5 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 260 31% 237 Pts	64-Core 282 18% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3001) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Lighting 49.9 Reflection 34 Parallax 63.7 41% 49.2 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 49.4 Splatting 42.6 34% 41.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7298 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 364 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 222 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6627350792	76.3% Very good	Read 485 Write 376 Mixed 401 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 18.8 100% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 44.8 48% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 13GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26362 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 879 (B1) Unknown 92 92 86 (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 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 88 88 11505 (EB) Unknown 99 99 354 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11913532010	69.3% Good	Read 450 Write 317 Mixed 320 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 19.5 100% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 75.9 DQ Mixed 36.5 33% 48 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 555GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17285696 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7710 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 102184168 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1034 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 15 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 608 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 223252 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 25769803809 (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 111278307680925 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9287073937 (F2) Unknown 100 253 144483275542	88.3% Excellent	Read 158 Write 150 Mixed 139 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.39 105% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 13.3 Mixed 14.6 21% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.24 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.84 109% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.8 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 62%

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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 $47Bench 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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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